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  2. Partus sequitur ventrem - Wikipedia

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    ' that which is born follows the womb '; also partus) was a legal doctrine passed in colonial Virginia in 1662 and other English crown colonies in the Americas which defined the legal status of children born there; the doctrine mandated that children of enslaved mothers would inherit the legal status of their mothers.

  3. Posthumous birth - Wikipedia

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    For example, Massachusetts law states that a posthumous child is treated as having been living at the death of the parent, [3] meaning that the child receives the same share of the parent's estate as if the child had been born before the parent's death. Most states recognize a posthumous child born within a set time frame, normally 280 to 300 ...

  4. Historical inheritance systems - Wikipedia

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    Among the Igorot, the father's land is inherited by his eldest son and the mother's land is inherited by her eldest daughter. [6] A review of numerous studies found that the pattern of land inheritance traditionally prevalent among English, Dutch and New Englander peasants was partible inheritance. The pattern of land inheritance traditionally ...

  5. Primogeniture - Wikipedia

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    English primogeniture endures mainly in titles of nobility: any first-placed direct male-line descendant (e.g. eldest son's son's son) inherits the title before siblings and similar, this being termed "by right of substitution" for the deceased heir; secondly where children were only daughters they would enjoy the fettered use (life use) of an ...

  6. Ultimogeniture - Wikipedia

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    Ultimogeniture, also known as postremogeniture or junior right, is the tradition of inheritance by the last-born of a privileged position in a parent's wealth or office. The tradition has been far rarer historically than primogeniture (sole inheritance by the first-born) or partible inheritance (division of the estate among the children).

  7. Matrilineality - Wikipedia

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    The Mangur clan of the, Culturally, Mokri tribal confederation and, politically, Bolbas Federation [70] is an enatic clan, meaning members of the clan can only inherit their mothers last name and are considered to be a part of the mothers family. The entire Mokri tribe may have also practiced this form of enaticy before the collapse of their ...

  8. Matrilineal succession - Wikipedia

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    One of the early dynasties of China had similar practices. Historians postulate that there, a father-in-law was typically succeeded by his son-in-law. However, this again is obviously not a female succeeding a female, but a form of succession by appointment: the monarch chose his successor, and formalized that appointment by marrying the chosen man with a royal daughter, which also worked as a ...

  9. Inbreeding - Wikipedia

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    The females, now impregnated, cut holes in their mother's body so that they can emerge. The male emerges as well, but does not look for food or new mates, and dies after a few hours. The females die at the age of 4 days, when their own offspring eat them alive from the inside. [55] White tiger in Gunma Safari Park