borough-English

bor·ough-Eng·lish

(bûr′ō-ĭng′glĭsh)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.

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

borough-English

n (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 [C14: from Anglo-French tenure en burgh Engloys tenure in an English borough; so called because the custom was unknown in France]

borough-English

borough-English,

a custom of inheritance in parts of England whereby land passed typically to the youngest son in preference to his older brothers. Of Anglo-Saxon origin, the custom was abolished by law in 1925. For alternative systems of inheritance in England see gavelkindgavelkind
[M.E.,=family tenure], custom of inheritance of lands held in socage tenure, whereby all the sons of a holder of an estate in land share equally in such lands upon the death of the father.
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in law, the rule of inheritance whereby land descends to the oldest son. Under the feudal system of medieval Europe, primogeniture generally governed the inheritance of land held in military tenure (see feudalism; knight).
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单词	borough-english
释义	borough-English bor·ough-Eng·lish (bûr′ō-ĭng′glĭsh)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. [Partial translation of Anglo-Norman tenure en burgh Engloys, tenure in an English borough; see borough.] borough-English n (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 [C14: from Anglo-French tenure en burgh Engloys tenure in an English borough; so called because the custom was unknown in France] borough-English borough-English, a custom of inheritance in parts of England whereby land passed typically to the youngest son in preference to his older brothers. Of Anglo-Saxon origin, the custom was abolished by law in 1925. For alternative systems of inheritance in England see gavelkindgavelkind [M.E.,=family tenure], custom of inheritance of lands held in socage tenure, whereby all the sons of a holder of an estate in land share equally in such lands upon the death of the father. ..... Click the link for more information. and primogenitureprimogeniture, in law, the rule of inheritance whereby land descends to the oldest son. Under the feudal system of medieval Europe, primogeniture generally governed the inheritance of land held in military tenure (see feudalism; knight). ..... Click the link for more information. .
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