末まっ子し相そう続ぞく

noun

ultimogeniture; postremogeniture

A system of inheritance where the youngest child (usually the youngest son) inherits the family estate. This is a technical term in anthropology and legal history, contrasting with primogeniture (eldest child inherits).

• 日本にほんの農のう村そん部ぶでは、かつて末まっ子し相そう続ぞくが行おこなわれる地ち域いきもあった。

  In some rural areas of Japan, ultimogeniture was once practiced.

• 末まっ子し相そう続ぞくは、長ちょう子し相そう続ぞくと対たい照しょう的てきな相そう続ぞく制せい度どである。

  Ultimogeniture is an inheritance system that contrasts with primogeniture.