单词 | borough-english |
释义 | Borough-Englishn. A custom or tenure in some parts of England, by which the youngest son inherits all the lands and tenements. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > types of tenure by inheritance Borough-English1327 parage1450 courtesy1523 homage ancestral?1538 borough-kind1577 tanistrya1599 borough-tenurea1670 parentage1728 curiality1861 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [noun] > hereditary > right of youngest Borough-English1327 borough-kind1577 borough-tenurea1670 juniority1882 junior-right1882 ultimogeniture1882 1327 Year Bk. 1 Edw. III (1679) 12, pl. 38 Il ad en Notingham deux tenures, s. Burgh Engloys and Burgh Frauncoyes..toutes les tenements dont launcestre morust seisi en Burgh Engloyes devient descender a le puisne fitz. ?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student xx. f. xliiv In burghenglysshe the yonger sone shall enioy the inherytaunce, and that in conscyence. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Borow-English, is a customary descent of Lands or Tenements, which..descend to the youngest son; or if the owner have no issue, to his youngest Brother. 1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. v. 181 In other [places] the youngest son inherits all the Land by a Custom called Borough-English. 1862 Sat. Rev. 5 July 13 The extraordinary scene that would ensue if Parliament should, in one of its idle moments, suddenly enact that the custom of Borough-English should prevail through the realm. 1882 F. Pollock in Macmillan's Mag. 46 360 (note) The custom of borough-English abounds in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, the neighbourhood of London, and Somerset. In the midlands it is rare, and north of the Humber..it does not seem to occur. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1327 |
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