Secundo-geniture

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Secundo-geniture \Se*cun`do-gen"i*ture\, n. [L. secundus second
     + genitura a begetting, generation.]
     A right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property
     or possession so inherited.
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           The kingdom of Naples . . . was constituted a
           secundo-geniture of Spain.               --Bancroft.
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