La primogéniture (du latin primo, « premier » et genitura, de gignere, « engendrer ») désigne le droit du premier enfant légitime à hériter de l'ensemble ou de la majorité du patrimoine de ses parents lors d'une succession [1].Par extension, l'ordre de succession est confondu avec l'ordre de naissance. Cette notion s'oppose au partage en parts égales entre héritiers, notamment au ...

In primogeniture (or more precisely male primogeniture), the monarch's eldest son and his descendants take precedence over his siblings and their descendants.Elder sons take precedence over younger sons, but all sons take precedence over daughters. Children represent their deceased ancestors, and the senior line of descent always takes precedence over the junior …

Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG, who was born at Rosehearty, was a prominent Australian academic and essayist.He married Violet Catherine Hughston in 1897. Murdoch published his first essay, "The new school of Australian poets", in 1899 and for many years he wrote a weekly column titled "Books and Men" for the Melbourne Argus (under the pen name of "Elzevir").