Noun:

ਸੀਨੀਆਰਤਾ, ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ,

primogeniture's Usage Examples:

governed by the house laws of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, which stipulate agnatic primogeniture.

Deuteronomy 19:14 Concerning primogeniture, at Deuteronomy 21:15-17 Ordering undutiful sons to be stoned to death, at Deuteronomy 21:18-21 Against transvestitism.

The sister was more closely related to the reigning king, but the nephew had precedence according to primogeniture.

The heir by primogeniture was her nephew Ranuccio Farnese, being the son of Catherine's late older sister Maria, followed by his siblings; then the Duchess herself and her children; and only after them, King Philip.

Spain uses the system of male-preference cognatic primogeniture.

Robert de Brus claimed the crown by proximity in degree of kinship to the kings of Scotland, while John Balliol made a claim based on primogeniture.

typical for tribal societies, where primogeniture is much less usual than agnatic seniority or turns on the throne.

The succession to the title does not follow primogeniture, but the candidate must be a high-ranking member of the Tui Kaba clan.

were younger sons of landed gentry who had left Britain and Ireland fortuneless due to primogeniture.

second and younger son received more possessions and prestige than the apanage which was usual in principalities practising primogeniture.

agnatic primogeniture, meaning that the eldest son of the King automatically succeeds to the crown upon the monarch"s death, unless the King has designated one.

The duchy would have gone to Charles II of Navarre, grandson of Odo's older sister Margaret, according to primogeniture, but was successfully claimed by John II of France, son of the younger sister Joan, according to proximity of blood.

Examples Proximity of blood and primogeniture were at loggerheads in numerous medieval succession disputes.

Synonyms:

inheritance, heritage,