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• n  right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

• In the party of primogeniture, the 70-year-old McCain was next in line for the throne.
• According to the law of primogeniture, her grandson, the son of her eldest son, is her heir.
• The Queen put up no resistance to the government's proposal to abolish primogeniture (an eldest son's right to precede an older sister to the throne).

News & Articles

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• The Learning Network Blog: Test Yourself | English, June 25, 2013
  Can you choose the best meaning of “primogeniture” as it is used in the article?        
  June 25, 2013 - New York Times
• Test Yourself | English, June 25, 2013
  Can you choose the best meaning of "primogeniture" as it is used in the article?
  June 25, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Rosalind Miles in Times Online
  However, the writer Rosalind Miles, author of The Women's History of the World, said: "This is patronising of the input of women. Men have always tried to control the finances; that is why they invented primogeniture. The feminist revolution has...