Succession Rights

2 words in this vocabulary list

noun a particular right or privilege that a person has from birth, especially as an inheritance

  • In many cultures, inheritance laws dictate who receives a person's birthright.
  • I believe that everyone has the birthright to pursue their dreams.
  • Yo, that car is my birthright, I'm gonna own it one day.
  • She felt that her artistic talent was her birthright, passed down through generations of her family.

noun a class or group of nobles or aristocrats, especially those holding hereditary titles

  • The peerage system in the United Kingdom is made up of different ranks of nobility.
  • Hereditary titles in the peerage can sometimes be a topic of gossip among the upper class.
  • I heard he's trying to marry into the peerage to secure his social status.
  • In the world of academia, being published in a prestigious journal is like entering the peerage of respected researchers.