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Younger Chudren

This phrase, when used in English conveyancing with ref-erence to settlements of land, signifies all such children as are not entitled to the rights of an eldest son. It therefore includes daugh-ters, even those who are older than the eld-est son. Mozley A whltley

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)