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primogeniture

/prahy-muh-jen-i-cher, -choor/US // ˌpraɪ məˈdʒɛn ɪ tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər //UK // (ˌpraɪməʊˈdʒɛnɪtʃə) //

长子继承,长子继承权,长子继承制,长子选举

Related Words

legacy遗产,遗留问题,遗赠,遗留bequest遗赠,遗产,遗赠品,遗嘱estate遗产,财产,庄园,房地产heritage遗产,文物,遗迹,传统devise制订,设计,制定,设计出birthright长子的权利,生来的权利,生有权,长生不老的权利heirloom传家宝,祖传,祖传的,传世gift礼物,礼品,馈赠,赠品claim声称,宣称,主张,要求right对,正确,权利,对的inheritance遗产,继承,继承性,继承权share分享,共享,分享到,份额due应有的,应付,应有,应得的patrimony家产,家底,遗产,祖传heritance遗产,遗传,传承,继承性

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents.
    • : Law. the system of inheritance or succession by the firstborn, specifically the eldest son.Compare postremogeniture.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ininheritance
Synonyms
bequest遗赠,遗产,遗赠品,遗嘱estate遗产,财产,庄园,房地产heritage遗产,文物,遗迹,传统legacy遗产,遗留问题,遗赠,遗留birthright长子的权利,生来的权利,生有权,长生不老的权利devise制订,设计,制定,设计出gift礼物,礼品,馈赠,赠品heirloom传家宝,祖传,祖传的,传世heritance遗产,遗传,传承,继承性
as inbirthright
Synonyms
bequest遗赠,遗产,遗赠品,遗嘱claim声称,宣称,主张,要求due应有的,应付,应有,应得的inheritance遗产,继承,继承性,继承权legacy遗产,遗留问题,遗赠,遗留patrimony家产,家底,遗产,祖传right对,正确,权利,对的share分享,共享,分享到,份额

Examples

  • Apart from a few royal families, primogeniture is no longer the norm in Western countries.

  • The modern equivalent of primogeniture in the U.S., as Schine sees it, is divorce.

  • That such an idea might come to M. d'Anjou is possible; his ancestors are mine, and it is only a question of primogeniture.

  • No argument can ever restore general confidence in the institution of primogeniture, but it dies hard, even (p. 085) in England.

  • Here his Lordship sighed, but not too deeply, for he remembered that the law of primogeniture is the sworn enemy to grief.

  • The law of entail is traceable to the same human instincts as the law of primogeniture.

  • At the same time, I did not believe nature had created men unequal, in the order of primogeniture from male to male.

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