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Definition of Agnatic

Agnatic
Agnatic Ag*nat"ic, a. [Cf. F. agnatique.] Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. ``The agnatic succession.' --Blackstone.

Meaning of Agnatic from wikipedia

- Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership...
- Agnatic seniority is a patrilineal principle of inheritance where the order of succession to the throne prefers the monarch's younger brother over the...
- relative. In most contexts, it means the inheritance of the firstborn son (Agnatic Primogeniture); it can also mean by the firstborn daughter (Matrilineal...
- Southeastern Europe, and parts of Italy and Spain in Southern Europe. Its use of agnatic succession governed the succession of kings in kingdoms such as France...
- eligible heirs are heirs male or heirs general – see further primogeniture (agnatic, cognatic, and also equal). Certain types of property p**** to a descendant...
- had resulted in some politicians holding a favorable view on rescinding agnatic primogeniture (male-only imperial succession) originally implemented in...
- headship by primogeniture of the cadet house of Glücksburg. The headship by agnatic primogeniture of the entire House of Oldenburg is held by Friedrich Ferdinand...
- The House of Ingelger (French: Ingelgeriens), also known as The Ingelgerians, was a lineage of the Frankish nobility, and the first dynasty in Anjou, where...
- Malay Muslims of royal descent. Seven are hereditary monarchies based on agnatic primogeniture: Kedah, Kelantan, Johor, Perlis, Pahang, Selangor and Terengganu...
- application of the Salic law. Another variation on agnatic primogeniture was the so-called semi-Salic law, or "agnatic-cognatic primogeniture", which allowed women...