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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. Matronymic - Wikipedia

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    The word matronymic is first attested in English in 1794 and originates in the Greek μήτηρ mētēr "mother" (GEN μητρός mētros whence the combining form μητρo- mētro-), [1] ὄνυμα onyma, a variant form of ὄνομα onoma "name", [2] and the suffix -ικός-ikos, which was originally used to form adjectives with the sense "pertaining to" (thus "pertaining to the mother ...

  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. Mama and papa - Wikipedia

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    'Mama' and 'papa' use speech sounds that are among the easiest to produce: bilabial consonants like /m/, /p/, and /b/, and the open vowel /a/.They are, therefore, often among the first word-like sounds made by babbling babies (babble words), and parents tend to associate the first sound babies make with themselves and to employ them subsequently as part of their baby-talk lexicon.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Offspring - Wikipedia

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    Offspring contains many parts and properties that are precise and accurate in what they consist of, and what they define. As the offspring of a new species, also known as a child or f1 generation, consist of genes of the father and the mother, which is also known as the parent generation. [1]

  8. Here are 7 things you should leave out of your will in the US ...

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    This sort of language could lead to a world of complication if your child and their spouse end up divorcing. And if the divorced party contests your will, it could delay your child from inheriting ...

  9. 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).