Definition of Borough English

1. Noun. A former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers.

Generic synonyms: Heritage, Inheritance

Definition of Borough English

1. Noun. (legal UK obsolete) patrilineal ultimogeniture; inheritance by the youngest surviving male child ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Borough English

boronic acid
boronic acids
boronisation
boronolectin
boronolectins
borons
boroscope
boroscopes
borosilicate
borosilicates
borosulfate
borosulfates
borosulphate
borough
borough English (current term)
borough seat
boroughhead
boroughheads
boroughholder
boroughholders
boroughhood
boroughmaster
boroughmasters
boroughmonger
boroughmongers
boroughs
boroughwide
borovskite
borra

Literary usage of Borough English

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"(1) Borough-English.—The free socage, therefore, in which these tenements ... As to the name "borough-English," it is said that the custom was not confined ..."

2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1891)
"borough English.—As a fruitful object of investigation for those interested in genealogical research, I beg to suggest that of borough English as indicated ..."

3. A New Abridgment of the Law by Matthew Bacon (1832)
"U BOROUGH-ENGLISH. Noy, 106. ancient boroughs, by virtue of which the youngest son shall Litt. $ 165. BOROUGH-ENGLISH is a custom which prevails in certain ..."

4. Origins of English History by Charles Isaac Elton (1890)
"1 Corner, in his essay on "The custom of Borough-English in Sussex," notices the prevalence of the custom in Scrooby and the Soke of Southwell in ..."

5. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1824)
"descent of lands held in borough English : therefore, if the youngest son dies in ... The custom of borough English is however confined to lineal descents ..."

6. A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American by Henry Campbell Black (1910)
"There are a great many customs affecting these tenures, the most remarkable of which is the custom of borough English. See Litt. ... borough English, (qv) ..."

7. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"The Custom is called borough English, " because it was the first (as some hold) in England " (Co. Litt. 110 b : Sv, 2 Encyc. ..."

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