Draco Malfoy and the Gothic Manor - Common Law

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 128641

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> 
wrote:
> > Khilari wrote: 
> > 
> > > And Draco Malfoy may be next in line to inherit. 
> 
> > A_Svirn
> > Not if wizards adhere to the law of primogeniture. And if they 
don't 
> > then Sirius could have willed it to Harry. Or to Remus, for that 
> > matter.
> > 
> > a_svirn
> 
> 
> bboyminn:
> 
> Relative to primgeniture, ask yourself this, who is the oldest 
living
> male with Black blood flowing in his veins, and combine that with 
the
> general Common Law aspect which does not allow inheritences 
to /ascend/?
> 
> That would be Draco. He is the oldest living male, that we know of,
> who has Black blood.  
> 


I honestly do not think that the rule of primogeniture allows male 
cousins to inherit through the female line. A girl – if she is a 
direct heir – can inherit on a condition that later the lands, 
manorial rights etc., etc, would pass to her heirs male. But a 
cousin can inherit only through the male line and normally only from 
the original title- or landowner. Since Draco is related to Blacks 
through his mother, it doesn't apply to him. 

a_svirn