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(wèn)原因，就想想在一個(gè)無(wú)長(zhǎng)子繼承制的國(guó)家中將一辳場(chǎng)移交給下一代會(huì)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(zhǎng)子繼承權(quán)的起源和生物進(jìn)化理論都被用來(lái)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(zhǎng)子繼承制的憲改提議持續(xù)遭到擱置，原因是它們太過(guò)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(zhǎng)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