ULTIMOGENITURE


Meaning of ULTIMOGENITURE in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun

( -s )

Etymology: Latin ultim us last + English -o- + -geniture (as in primogeniture )

: a system of inheritance by which the youngest son or sometimes daughter or collateral heir succeeds to the estate — called also postremogeniture ; opposed to primogeniture ; compare borough-english

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