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Noun

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a former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Borough English

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noun
English law
(until 1925) a custom in certain English boroughs whereby the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
Compare primogeniture, gavelkind

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Borough English

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a former custom in some parts of England by which the youngest son succeeded to land holdings

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Borough English

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n.
An old custom in certain English boroughs whereby the right to inherit an estate intestate went to the youngest son or, in default of male issue, to the youngest brother.

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