W5

Question 1

What is equal partition?

Answer 1

When properties are inherited by children (more often children of one sex) equally.

Question 2

What is primogeniture?

Answer 2

Properties inherited only by the eldest child

Question 3

What is dowry?

Answer 3

Properties taken by a bride from her natal household to her husbands household

Question 4

What is bridewealth?

Answer 4

Properties given by the grooms family to the brides family as a precondition for the marriage

Question 5

What is indirect dowry (jack goody)?

Answer 5

Properties given by the grooms family to the bride but was taken by the bride to the grooms household at the wedding in the form of dowry

Question 6

What is lateral and lineal inheritance?

Answer 6

Inheritance only by the same sex (in Africa)

Question 7

What is diverging devolution?

Answer 7

Vertical inheritance by children of both sexes - bilateral inheritance - dowry is a form of inheritance for daughters.