absolute primogeniture

English

Noun

absolute primogeniture (countable and uncountable, plural absolute primogenitures)

1. A form of primogeniture in which sex is irrelevant for inheritance; the oldest surviving child without regard to sex becomes the heir.

   Synonyms: equal primogeniture, lineal primogeniture

   • 2008, Jennifer Robertson, editor, A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 362:

     Another well-known custom, common in the northeast, is absolute primogeniture, whereby the eldest child, regardless of sex, becomes the heir.