right of primogeniture

You probably are not aware that the right of primogeniture is not subject to transfer into other hands?"

It also infers that the first-born son possesses the right of primogeniture.

Or did he truly believe in some sort of harmonic divine right of primogeniture?

She had abolished his right of primogeniture, in an attempt to curb the influence of the Swedish royal family.

In the other English colonies, indeed, the right of primogeniture takes place, as in the law of England.

This decision was not in accordance with the traditional right of primogeniture, according to which Vukan, his first son, should inherited the throne.

Hence the origin of the right of primogeniture, and of what is called lineal succession.

It discarded the old right of primogeniture (where only the eldest son inherited) and required that inheritances be divided equally among all the children.

Secondly, in Pennsylvania there is no right of primogeniture, and lands, like movables, are divided equally among all the children of the family.

Right of Primogeniture Examined (1837).

Deprived of his rights of primogeniture by a family council, which judged his physical condition incompatible with the traditional military careers of the Talleyrand.

Rachel was Jacob's divinely intended wife and could hypothetically have given birth to Joseph as Jacob's firstborn with rights of primogeniture.

THE firstborn of four siblings, Alex Witchel clearly believes in the right of primogeniture, with a feminist twist.

It excluded King Charles's son, the Dauphin Charles, who by right of primogeniture was the heir to the Kingdom of France.

Athens ceded her rights of primogeniture to New Athens, Alexandria, capital of Egypt, and cosmopolitan centre of the civilized world.

Of the three brothers to whom the 18th Brumaire gave birth Bonaparte speedily declared himself the eldest, and hastened to assume all the rights of primogeniture.

On March 18, 1754, he gained from Queen Maria Theresa of Austria the title of Reichsfürst, along with the right of primogeniture.

About the same time, there also appeared some of his pamphlets, Discussion of Parliamentary Reform, Right of Primogeniture Examined, Defence of Joint-Stock Banks.

He was born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the eldest son of the Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, whom he succeeded by right of primogeniture in October 1901.

As a result, Laval helped his mother set the family's affairs in order and arranged for a full renunciation of his rights of primogeniture, which would then be transferred to his brother Jean-Louis.

The right of primogeniture, however, still continues to be respected, and as of all institutions it is the fittest to support the pride of family distinctions, it is still likely to endure for many centuries.

On October 3, 1901 Nasrullah's father Abdur Rahman died, aged 57, and Nasrullah's brother Habibullah peacefully ascended the throne of Afghanistan by right of primogeniture.

Son of Constantine the Great and co-emperor alongside his brothers, his attempt to exert his perceived rights of primogeniture led to his death in a failed invasion of Italy in 340.

Mr. Pendleton wished to preserve the right of primogeniture, but seeing at once that that could not prevail, he proposed we should adopt the Hebrew principle, and give a double portion to the elder son.

No country, therefore, in which the right of primogeniture takes place, which pays tithes, and where perpetuities, though contrary to the spirit of the law, are admitted in some cases, can give more encouragement to agriculture than England.