hereditary rights
Claims by descent
Hereditary rights are entitlements passed down through family lineage rather than earned or granted individually.
These include succession to thrones, titles, property, and citizenship in certain nations.
The concept assumes that birth alone confers legitimate claim: The prince's hereditary rights to the crown were never disputed.
Democratic traditions often clash with hereditary rights, viewing them as unearned privilege.
- estateProperty and grounds
- primogenitureEldest inherits all
- heir apparentUnassailable next in line
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- family treeChart of ancestors
patrimony · succession · birthright · land · landed gentry · old money · usufruct · will · monarchy · aristocracy · genealogy · probate · title · family name · feudalism · heirloom · kinship · entitlement
- royal heritagebirthright, bloodline, crown jewels, heir apparent, hereditary titles
- royal powersruling, sovereign rights, royal assent, royal decree, royal decrees
- Northwest Coasttotem pole, potlatch, totem poles, thunderbird, clan crest
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, rights, human rights, immunity
- social classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, social class
- feudalismfief, vassal, fealty, homage, lord
hereditary rightscivil rights
Guaranteed individual legal protections
natural rights · human rights · appointed position · democratic rights · universal rights