primogeniture
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The last time the U.K.’s law of succession was altered, to end male primogeniture, was in 2013 and it took nearly two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Because Westeros is a primogeniture society where heirs—and daughters who marry heirs in order to cement alliances—are essential, having a child is one of the central ways women gain power.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2019
Virginia law followed primogeniture and awarded a father’s land to his oldest son unless a will directed otherwise.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
For younger sons, who had little hope of inheriting family lands or wealth under the rule of primogeniture, a seven-year apprenticeship in Aleppo was a path to wealth and position as a merchant trader.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2017
In Virginia, however, laws abolishing primogeniture and entail had been passed during the Revolution.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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