- The children live with their mother's clan; husbands live with their wife's clan, as long as they are married. If the marriage ends, the husband moves back to his motherclan (matrilocal).
- Inheritage and line of descent is female (matrilineal).
matrilocal + matrilineal = matriarchal
But there are other criteria, like decision finding by consensus, please read full
Matriarchal Studies 
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