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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At this time heirs were not selected exclusively through primogeniture , but by election.
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But despite its drawbacks, primogeniture did offer a rule of thumb that commanded widespread respect.
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In a kind of republican primogeniture , autocratic leaders groom their sons to succeed them.
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It implied, first, primogeniture amongst males, i.e. inheritance by the eldest son, if there was one.
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So primogeniture was not automatically accepted; and where it was, it could create problems of a rather different sort.
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The practice of primogeniture was a good way to keep wealth-and its polygamy potential-intact through the generations.