borough English
Definitions
Patrilineal ultimogeniture; inheritance by the youngest surviving male child.
UK, historical, uncountable
Examples
“the great variety of customs affecting many of these tenements so held in ancient burgage, the principal and most remarkable of which is that called Borough English”
“The distribution of Borough English or ultimogeniture in England was roughly as follows. The custom extenhded along the whole line of the "Saxon Shore" from the Wash⟳ to the neighbourhood of the Solent, including the whole of the south-eastern counties.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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