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pos•tre•mo•gen•i•ture
Pronunciation: (po-strē"mō-jen'i-chur, -choor"), [key]—
n. Law.
a system of inheritance under which the estate of a deceased person goes to his youngest son. Also called
ultimogeniture. Cf.
primogeniture (def. 2).
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