家か督とく相そう続ぞく

noun

succession to family headship

Historical term referring to the inheritance of the position and property of the head of a family, especially under the pre-modern family system.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、家か督とく相そう続ぞくは長ちょう男なんが行おこなうのが一いっ般ぱん的てきだった。

  In the Edo period, succession to family headship was generally carried out by the eldest son.