☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Primogeniture

The system of inheritance by which the eldest son inherits the entire estate to the exclusion of younger children. The rule of succession for the English Crown and for feudal land tenure.

Etymology: Latin: 'primo' + 'genitura' — first born · Category: English Legal History · Source: Black's Law Dictionary
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