Male-line Primogeniture
Posted by The Mysterious H.C. on November 18, 1997 at 13:55:44:
In response to My theory..., written by Ayelet on November 17, 1997 at 23:59:11
] I've got a simpler theory:
] The Bennets had two shildren, a boy and a girl. the boy was Mr. Bennet's father and the girl married a Collins, Mr. Collins' father. Mr Bennet had only five daughters, so the inheritance goes to his cousin.
]
Ayelet, unfortunately this goes against the standard type of entail by male-line primogeniture; for a refutation of this, see the AUSTEN-L page.
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