See also:

• MATRIARCHATE (" rule of the mother ")

MATRIARCHATE (" See also:

• RULE

rule of the See also:

• MOTHER

mother ")  , a See also:

• TERM

term used to See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express a supposed earliest and lowest See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

• LIFE

life, typical of See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies, in which the promiscuous relations of the sexes result in the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child's See also:

• FATHER

father being unknown (see FAMILY) . In such communities the See also:

• MOTHER

mother took See also:

• PRECEDENCE (from Lat. praecedere, to go before, precede)

precedence of the father in certain important respects, especially in See also:

• LINE

line of descent and See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance . See also:

• MATRIARCHATE (" rule of the mother ")

Matriarchate is assumed on this theory to have been universal in prehistoric times . The prominent position then naturally assigned See also:

• WOMEN

women did not, however, imply any See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, since they were in the position of See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere chattels: it simply constituted them the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole relatives of their See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children and the only centre of any such family life as existed . The See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of tracing descent through the See also:

• FEMALE

female is still observed among certain See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

savage tribes . In See also:

• FIJI
• FIJI (Viii)

Fiji father and son are not regarded as relatives . Among the Bechuanas the chieftainship passes to a See also:

• BROTHER

brother, not to a son . In See also:

• SENEGAL

Senegal, See also:

• LOANGO

Loango, See also:

• CONGO

Congo and See also:

• GUINEA

Guinea, relationship is traced through the female . Among the See also:

• TUAREG, or TAWAREK (more properly Tawarik, the collective form of tarki, from Arabic terek, to give up)

Tuareg See also:

• BERBERS

Berbers a child takes See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, See also:

• FREEMAN
• FREEMAN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1823-1892)

freeman's or slave's, from its mother .