[91] Renton, Encyclopædia of the Laws of England, xi. 75.
[92] Deuteronomy, xxi. 17. Gans, op. cit. i. 148. Benzinger, in Cheyne and Black, Encyclopædia Biblica, iii. 2729. Mr. Jacobs suggests (Studies in Biblical Archæology, p. 49 sqq.) that ultimogeniture was once the rule in early Hebrew society, and was succeeded by primogeniture only when the Israelites exchanged their roving life for one in which sons became more stay-at-home.
[93] Âpastamba, ii. 6. 14. 6, 12. Laws of Manu, ix. 114. Jolly, loc. cit. pp. 77, 82. Maine, Dissertations on Early Law and Custom, p. 89 sq. In China, though sons inherit in equal shares, ”it is not uncommon for the brothers to temporarily yield up their share to the elder brother, either in whole or in part, for the glory of the House” (‘Inheritance and “Patria Potestas” in China,’ in China Review, v. 406; cf. Doolittle, Social Life of the Chinese, ii. 224; Davis, China, i. 343).
[94] Fustel de Coulanges, op. cit. p. 99.
[95] Elton, Origins of English History, p. 178 sqq. Pollock and Maitland, History of English Law till the Time of Edward I. ii. 263 sqq. The custom of ultimogeniture has also been traced in Wales, parts of France, Germany, Friesland, Scandinavia, Russia, and Hungary (Elton, op. cit. p. 180 sqq.; Liebrecht, op. cit. p. 431 sq.).
[96] Parker, ‘Comparative Chinese Family Law,’ in China Review, viii. 79. ‘Inheritance and “Patria Potestas” in China,’ ibid. v. 406. Medhurst, ‘Marriage, Affinity, and Inheritance in China,’ in Trans. Roy. Asiatic Soc. China Branch, iv. 31. Simcox, Primitive Civilizations, ii. 351.
[97] Genesis, xxi. 10 sqq.
[98] Benzinger, in Cheyne and Black, Encyclopædia Biblica, iii. 2729.
[99] Lane, Modern Egyptians, p. 118.
[100] Jolly, loc. cit. p. 85. Laws of Manu, ix. 179.