English Dictionary

primogeniture

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents. / The principle that the eldest child has an exclusive right of inheritance.

日本語の意味

長子相続（家族において最初に生まれた子が相続権を有すること）

primogeniture dictated that the eldest child would inherit the family estate and its duties.

長子であるという状態は、最年長の子が家の財産とその責任を相続することを意味した。

意味（1）

The state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents.

意味（2）

The principle that the eldest child has an exclusive right of inheritance.

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 legislator.

意味（3）

(countable) An instance of such a right of inheritance, established by custom or law.

The King of Sardinia, by a decree of the 9th of Dec. has abolished— The prohibition against the erection of primogenitures and feudal rights, enacted by the 9th section of the edict of the 29th of July 1797, or by any other law; restricting, however, to those primogenitures and majorats only which shall be erected in favour of persons […] .

primogenitures （ plural ）