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

The book’s title is a play on the phrase “heir and spare,” referring to Harry’s diminished status as the younger brother in a monarchy where succession is governed by primogeniture.

From New York Times

Owing to the laws of primogeniture, she is 16th in the line of succession to the throne.

From New York Times

Victoria privately believed that her eldest daughter would make a better ruler than her eldest son, Chernock said, but she never attempted to challenge male primogeniture publicly.

From New York Times

In Virginia, however, laws abolishing primogeniture and entail had been passed during the Revolution.

From Literature