| 词汇 | primogeniture |
| 释义 | primogeniture noun[ U ] law specializeduk /ˌpraɪ.məʊˈdʒen.ɪ.tʃər/ us /ˌpraɪ.moʊˈdʒen.ə.tʃɚ/ the custom by which all of a family's property goes to the oldest son when the father dies长嗣继承权（或制） Inheriting & bequeathing assign beneficiary bequeath bequest cadger co-executor executrix heir heir apparent heiress heirless inherit inheritance legacy pass something down patrimony pond life pond scum probate settle Examples of primogenitureprimogeniture It was from about the seventeenth century that male primogeniture became practically universal. Even though primogeniture concentrated the ie property in the hands of the male heir, female inheritance continued well into the sixteenth century. The principal advantage in such strategies was the possibility of dividing landholdings between children (instead of primogeniture), and this could include granting land to daughters. Though traditionally matrilineal, the family has acquired a touch of primogeniture in recent decades. He wanted to cheapen the transfer of land and abolish primogeniture, which, he believed, would increase access to landed property. The second is that inheritance was not limited to strict primogeniture, even in the highest classes. However, the consequences of primogeniture apply equally to women. Although the succession passed in principle to the king's eldest son, this rule of primogeniture was qualified in two ways. Therefore, the principle of primogeniture is somewhat less dominant than the proportion of more than half of all successions involving the eldest son might seem to suggest. Gavelkind refers to a system of partible inheritance (as opposed to primogeniture) emanating from the clan rather than the family. When transferring the family assets from the present generation to the next, the eldest son or the eldest daughter's husband would become the successor by the rule of primogeniture. Primogeniture and entail encouraged the concentration of large property in the hands of the same families, contrary to the spirit of the century that wanted to divide everything. Primogeniture was the general rule. Bailleul, therefore, proposed an alternative to the reintroduction of primogeniture. I do not want to insist on primogeniture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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