 The first born in the patriarchal ages had a superiority over his brethren, and, in the absence of the father, was priest of the family. Among the Jews, he had a double portion of the inheritance; in the same PRIMITIVE ROCKS.  Land - Page 74by James Platt - 1886 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1823 - 872 pages
...PRIMOGENITURE, the right of the first-born, haa among most nations been very considerable. The first-born son in the patriarchal ages had a superiority over his brethren, and, in the absence of his father, was priest to the family. Among the Jews, he was conseIt crated to the Lord, bad a double... | |
 | Moses Maimonides, James Townley - 1827 - 474 pages
...says Blackstone, " seems to have only obtained among the Jews, in whose constitution the eldest son had a double portion of the inheritance, in the same manner as with us, by the laws of King Henry the First, the eldest son had the capital fee or principal feud... | |
 | Moses Maimonides, James Townley - 1827 - 474 pages
...says Blackstone, " seems to have only obtained among the Jews, in whose constitution the eldest son had a double portion of the inheritance, in the same manner as with us, by the laws of King Henry the First, the eldest son had the capital fee or principal feud... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 pages
...most nations been very considerable, natural order twenty-first, precise. The invoThe first-born son in the patriarchal ages had a superiority over his brethren, and in the absence of his father was priest to the family. Among the Jews he was consecrated to the Lord, had a doable portion... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1832 - 708 pages
...right of primogeniture in males seems anciently to have prevailed only among the Jews. The first born in the patriarchal ages had a superiority over his...had a double portion of the inheritance; in the same PRIMITIVE ROCKS. (See Geology.) manner as, by the laws of Henry I, in England, the eldest son had the... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1832 - 656 pages
...right of |irinx>geniture in males seems anciently to have prevailed only among the Jews, "The firs boru in the patriarchal ages had a superiority over his...brethren, and, in the absence of the father, was priest of &• family. Among the Jews, he bad a dknbi* portion of the inheritance ; in the 334 manner as, by... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1832 - 626 pages
...only among the Jews. The first born in the patriarchal ages had a superiority over his brethren, aud, in the absence of the father, was priest of the family. Among the Jews, be had a double portion of the inheritance ; in the same manner as, by the laws of Henry I, in England,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 814 pages
...PRIMOGENITURE, the right of the first born, baa among most nations been very considerable. The first-born son in the patriarchal ages had a superiority over his brethren, and in the absence at his father was priest to the family. Among the Jews he «as consecrated to the Lord, had a double... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1841 - 586 pages
...1539.- — Ashe. PRIMOGENITURE, RIGHT OF, an usage brought down from the earliest times. The first born in the patriarchal ages had a superiority over his brethren, and in the absence of his father was priest to the family. In England, by the ancient custom of gavel-kind, primogeniture... | |
 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - 1844 - 684 pages
...anciently to this rule. ii IT • . have only obtained among the Jews, in whose constitution the eldest son had a double portion of the inheritance;" in the same manner as with us, by the laws of king Henry the First," the eldest son had the capital fee or principal i tit.... | |
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