▁C elt ic ▁world . ▁The ▁successor ▁to ▁the ▁office ▁of ▁the ▁chief ▁was ▁selected ▁among ▁the ▁wider ▁kin ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁chief ▁( tan istry ), ▁and ▁the ▁land , ▁among ▁common ▁families , ▁was ▁divided ▁between ▁all ▁sons . ▁Among ▁many ▁ancient ▁German ic ▁tribes , ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁male ▁prim ogen iture ▁determined ▁succession ▁to ▁political ▁office , ▁the ▁el dest ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁chief ▁custom arily ▁succeed ing ▁his ▁father . ▁The ▁common ▁rule ▁of ▁land ▁inheritance ▁was ▁part ible ▁inheritance , ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁C elt ic ▁world . ▁ ▁The ▁British ▁custom ▁of ▁male ▁prim ogen iture ▁became ▁also ▁pre val ent ▁in ▁some ▁British ▁colon ies , ▁most ▁strongly ▁in ▁Australia . ▁The ▁contrary ▁development ▁occurred ▁in ▁South ▁Africa , ▁where ▁the ▁Af rik an er ▁colon izers , ▁who ▁pract iced ▁part ible ▁inheritance , ▁were ▁always ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁custom ▁of ▁male ▁prim ogen iture ▁pre val ent ▁among ▁ind igen ous ▁black ▁pe op les . ▁In ▁New ▁Zealand , ▁European ▁colon izers ▁chose ▁any ▁son ▁to ▁succeed ▁to ▁the ▁family ▁farm , ▁without ▁regards ▁to ▁his ▁frat ernal ▁birth ▁order , ▁while ▁pat ril ine al ▁prim ogen iture ▁pre va iled ▁among ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁Ma ori ▁people . ▁ ▁In ▁parts ▁of ▁northern ▁France , ▁giving ▁a ▁slightly ▁larger ▁share ▁to ▁the ▁el dest ▁son ▁was ▁common ▁among ▁pe as ants ▁even ▁before ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁century ; ▁after ▁that ▁century , ▁pat ril ine