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Borough English   /bˈərˌoʊ ˈɪŋglɪʃ/   Listen
Borough English

noun
1.
A former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers.





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... It is that known as "Borough English," and the reader will have already inferred from the report of the action that, wherever it prevailed, the youngest son claimed to succeed to his father's estate. It is therefore the antithesis of the right of primogeniture, whereby real estate falls ...
— The Customs of Old England • F. J. Snell


Words linked to "Borough English" :   heritage, inheritance


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