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bor·ough-Eng·lish (bûr

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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.

[Partial translation of Anglo-Norman tenure en burgh Engloys, tenure in an English borough; see borough.]

borough-English

(Law) 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

[from Anglo-French tenure en burgh Engloys tenure in an English borough; so called because the custom was unknown in France]

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