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First attested in 1865; either Latin postrēmōgenitus (“last-born”) + English -ure or the compounding in English of the Latin postrēmus (“[person who is] last”) + genitūra, in both cases after primogeniture; compare postreme.

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postremogeniture (uncountable)

Inheritance born child entirety privileged parent wealth estate office ultimogeniture 1865, “Revue Historique de droit Français et Étranger” in The Journal of Jurisprudence IX, The general rule of the equal partition of property, without distinction of sex or primogeniture, suffers exception in the law of juveigneurie, or, as it may be called, postremogeniture, which confers, not on the eldest of children, but on the youngest, the paternal mansion.