Consistency of values by all the five methods would indicate absence of any preference forpatrilinealor matrilineal unions.From theCambridge English Corpus
Aspatrilinealrelationships became increasingly dominant, kinship relationships assumed greater importance.From theCambridge English Corpus
In many cases the authorities instituted hereditary family occupations and probably determinedpatrilinealsuccession.From theCambridge English Corpus
The accused had tried to change the town's system of succession to the paramountcy frompatrilinealto matrilineal succession.From theCambridge English Corpus
First, in most traditionallypatrilinealcommunities there is a strong male opposition to endowing women, especially daughters, with land.From theCambridge English Corpus
The extension of the conjugal nucleus mainly involved malepatrilinealkin : the brothers and sons of the household head, with their respective conjugal family units.From theCambridge English Corpus
These configurations are all predictable from the knowledge of the waypatrilinealsocieties work at any time and anywhere.From theCambridge English Corpus
Two further aspects of patrician life escape a simplisticpatrilinealinterpretation, and yet are important defining features of patrician masculinity.From theCambridge English Corpus
Labor use also appears to be lower on inheritedpatrilinealland and land owned after the satisfaction of rental agreements.From theCambridge English Corpus
One item in the survey investigated when the consanguineous villages in the province developed, as well as thepatrilinealorganizations of these villages.From theCambridge English Corpus
The structures ofpatrilinealinheritance and ownership are shown to put the innocent at perpetual risk.From theCambridge English Corpus
But as we have noted earlier, these new rights also served to define women and children in a dependent relationship within apatrilinealframework.From theCambridge English Corpus
They were deeply embedded in theirpatrilinealkinship.From theCambridge English Corpus
The transformation may ultimately cause the importance of thepatrilinealfamily line to fade out.From theCambridge English Corpus
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