Meanings (ES + gloss)
mayorazgo • primogenitura
The state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents.
mayorazgo • primogenitura
The principle that the eldest child, traditionally the eldest male, has an exclusive right of inheritance.
Anglo-Saxon kings did not succeed on the basis of primogeniture. All the kings offspring were known as aethelings -- throneworthy -- and from this gene pool the royal family would…
On these grounds, I contend the mere possession of large property, which is all that primogeniture insures, is by no means a sufficient and unobjectionable qualification for a legi…
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