BOROUGH ENGLISH : n : a former English custom by which the youngest son inherited
land to the exclusion of his older brothers [syn: borough
English]
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
BOROUGH ENGLISH, English law. This, as the name imports, relates exclusively
to the English law.
2. It is a custom, in many ancient boroughs, by which the youngest son
succeeds to the burgage tenement on the death of the father. 2 Bl. Com. 83.
3. In some parts of France, there was a custom by which the youngest
son was entitled to an advantage over the other children in the estate of
their father. iller. Rep. mot Mainete.
