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Meaning of BOROUGH ENGLISH

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 Definition: [n]  a former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
 
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 See Also: heritage, inheritance

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bor"ough-Eng"lish\, n. (Eng. Law)
A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and
tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest;
or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother.
--Blackstone.
 
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