secundogeniture
English
Etymology
From New Latin secundōgenitūra.
Noun
secundogeniture (plural secundogenitures)
- The condition of being secondborn
- A right of inheritance belonging to a second son.
- A property or possession so inherited.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- The kingdom of Naples […] was constituted a secundo-geniture of Spain.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.