primogeniture

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To see how, think about what happens to a farm as it is handed down the generations in a country without primogeniture.
要問原因，就想想在一個(gè)無長子繼承制的國家中將一辳場移交給下一代會發(fā)生什麼事情吧。
The Three Mile Island nuclear disaster, the medieval origins of primogeniture and evolutionary biology are all enlisted to shed light on different aspects of financial risk.
之後三裡島核事故，中世紀(jì)長子繼承權(quán)的起源和生物進(jìn)化理論都被用來清楚明白地闡明金融風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的不同方麪。
Proposed constitutional changes to the role of the upper house of parliament or the monarchy's male primogeniture rule have been continually postponed because they are so thorny.
涉及上議院職能及皇室長子繼承制的憲改提議持續(xù)遭到擱置，原因是它們太過於敏感。

Why does he go against the traditional Ancient Near Eastern practice of primogeniture, inheritance by the first born?
爲(wèi)什麼他要違背傳統(tǒng)古代近東的慣例,也就是長子繼承制，由第一個(gè)兒子繼承？
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The principal social difference was that Japan had primogeniture laws pertaining to inheritance and China did not.
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To see how, think about what happens to a farm as it is handed down the generations in a country without primogeniture.
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the custom by which all of a family's property goes to the oldest son when the father dies