Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A system of inheritance, such as is called in England borough-English, by which the youngest son succeeds to the estate: opposed to primogeniture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A system of
inheritance in which theyoungest son or youngest child inherits anestate .
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Examples
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The term for this form of inheritance is ultimogeniture.
'Born to Rebel' Schlegel, Alice 1997
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Unlike primogeniture, ultimogeniture lays the responsibility for family continuity on the shoulders of the youngest, leaving the older ones to strike out on their own.
'Born to Rebel' Schlegel, Alice 1997
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Jefferson would have been just as much opposed to it if it had been ultimogeniture, since what he objected to was the accumulation of property, not the fact that it was the eldest son who took all.
Growing Old: An Exchange Fischer, David Hackett 1977
whichbe commented on the word ultimogeniture
A system of inheritance in which the youngest son or youngest child inherits an estate. (Wiktionary)
May 28, 2008