Primogeniture
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The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldestson. Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of the fatherbelongs to the eldest son, and in the royal family the eldest son ofthe sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture. Inexceptional cases, among the female children, the crown descends byright of primogeniture to the eldest daughter only and her issue.Blackstone.
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the custom by which all of a familys property goes to the oldest son when the father dies
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The state of being the firstborn child.
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