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Consequently we cannot, as has already been the case with the so-called levirate, assign the practice definitely either to matripotestal or patripotestal customs, for father's and mother's authority are alike overruled.

For our present purpose, all turns on the distinction between the matripotestal and the patripotestal family.

This is known as the matripotestal, as contrasted with the patripotestal, type of family.

When the matrilineal, matrilocal and matripotestal conditions are found together, we have mother-right at its fullest and strongest.