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Answer for the clue "Inheritance by next to oldest ", 15 letters:
secundogeniture

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A right of inheritance belonging to a second son. 2 A property or possession so inherited.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A secundogeniture (from "following, second," and "born") was a dependent territory given to a younger son of a princely house and his descendants, creating a cadet branch . This was a special form of inheritance in which the second and younger son received ...