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Nov 29, 2009
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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).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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