儲ちょ位い

noun

heirship; status of an heir

Rare, formal term for the position or status of being an heir, typically in historical or legal contexts regarding succession.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの武ぶ家けでは、儲ちょ位いをめぐる争あらそいが絶たえなかった。

  Among samurai families in the Edo period, disputes over heirship were constant.