primogeniture
primogeniture n. (1)长嗣身份 指家庭中最先出生的子女。 (2)长子继承权 指长子单独继承土地和不动产的权利。罗马法不采用长子继承制，而是由全体子女平均分配父母的遗产。英国则长期以长子继承制为社会结构的基石，直至1925年才予以取消，但荣誉称号和封号仍由长子继承。
PRIMOGENITURE
primogeniture
primogeniture (prI-m[schwa]-jen-[schwa]-ch[schwa]r). 1. The state of being the firstborn child among siblings. 2. The common-law right of the firstborn son to inherit his ancestor’s estate, usu. to the exclusion of younger siblings. — Also termed (in sense 2) primogenitureship. See BOROUGH ENGLISH . [Cases: Descent and Distribution 7.] “If by primogeniture we only mean ‘that