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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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"Borough English" Quotes from Famous Books



... right of primogeniture, gavelkind or borough English, or possess in perpetuity an extensive demesne of a sufficient number of acres, roods and perches, statute land measure (valuation 42 pounds), of grazing turbary surrounding a baronial hall with gatelodge and carriage drive nor, on the other ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce


Words linked to "Borough English" :   inheritance, heritage


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