| Inheritance is based partly on agnation, and agnatic kin are theoretically all potential heirs to each other's livestock and other wealth. |
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| Most groups observe patrilineal descent, but the significance of such agnatic ties among kin groups differs from one society to another. |
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| When the granddaughter by a son loses the only female bodily relative and has no agnatic relative, she inherits one half. |
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| Moreover, they are seen as typical of most other Macedonian and south Slav societies whose agnatic kinship structures have been the focus of many anthropological studies. |
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| A daughter who is a bodily heir inherits one half if she is the only one among her equals or agnatic relatives. |
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| Descent has an agnatic bias, as shown in property inheritance. |
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| Men's social identity is almost entirely connected to the reputation of their agnatic Houses as well as the nature of their relations with agnates. |
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| At the same time, the society was restructuring itself into groups based on agnatic lineage. |
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| One tenet of the civil law is agnatic succession, explicitly excluding females from the inheritance of a throne or fief. |
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| And, if it is intended to govern succession, it can be interpreted to mandate agnatic seniority, not direct primogeniture. |
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| In all the societies descent was reckoned in the male line, but the significance of such agnatic ties among kin groups differed from one society to another. |
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| Since his death, in 1953, royal succession has been determined on the principle of agnatic seniority, whereby a king's younger brother is preferred over his sons. |
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| Culturally, she notes, the Hmong are divided into agnatic kinship groups of patrilineal clans, sub-clans, and lineage groups. |
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| The principle of succession laid down by Ibn Saud was one of agnatic seniority, with added condition of fitness to rule. |
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| He was William's closest agnatic relative, as well as son of William's aunt Albertine Agnes. |
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| The father and otherwise the agnatic grandfather shall have exclusive guardianship in regard to safeguarding, disposing of and investing the property of a minor. |
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| The property of a minor may not be taken from the father or agnatic grandfather unless his dishonesty or misconduct in connection therewith is proven. |
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| The religious influence of Chavín can be seen in some sacred representations such as the snake heads, the fangs and the feline claws, the agnatic mouths and the eyes as if in a state of trance. |
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| However, the Laws generally portray a patriarchal and patrilineal society in which the rules of inheritance were based on agnatic descent. |
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| Early Irish law recognised a number of degrees of agnatic kinship, based on a belief that there was common male ancestor. |
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| That entailment clearly reflects the operation of agnatic primogeniture, also known as the Salic law. |
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| In its origin, therefore, the agnatic principle was limited to the succession to the crown of France. |
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| The eventual recognition of Henry IV, the first of the Bourbons kings, further solidified the agnatic principle in France. |
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| One of the main purposes of the Salic Law is to protect a family's inheritance in the agnatic succession. |
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| Chief forms are agnatic seniority and agnatic primogeniture. |
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| Wealhtheow inscribes herself into Danish history through her self-conscious performance as the mother who protects the agnatic line of the Scylding dynasty. |
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| The combination of agnatic kinship and a feudal system of obligation has been seen as creating the highland clan system, evident in records from the 13th century. |
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