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• Borough English —    obsolete    a form of disinheriting the eldest son The subject came up in a discussion on 16 October 1773, concerning Marcheta Mulierum, a custom whereby the Lord of the Manor was entitled to jus primae noctis:     Dr Johnson said, the belief… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• Borough-English — The term given to ultimogeniture, i.e. inheritance by the youngest son or daughter, which was customary among unfree AS peasants; it continued in English boroughs after the Conquest. The term arose after a case in the early 14c at Nottingham… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• borough-English — A custom attached to burgage tenure whereby the youngest and not the eldest son succeeded to the tenement on the death of his father. It was so named in contradistinction to the Norman rule of primogeniture …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• History of borough status in England and Wales — Borough is a term for an historic unit of lower tier local government in England and Wales. The ancient boroughs covered only important towns and were established by charters granted at different times by the monarchy. Their history is largely… …   Wikipedia

• Ancient borough — An early historical analysis of cities and boroughs by Robert Brady (1704) …   Wikipedia

• Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley — There are many minor secondary schools in the Wollaston, Russells Hall Estate, Wren s Nest Estate, Kingswinford, Stourbridge, Pedmore, Coseley, Wordsley, and Dudley districts of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. While their individual histories …   Wikipedia

• Gosport Borough F.C. — Football club infobox clubname = Gosport Borough fullname = Gosport Borough Football Club nickname = The Boro founded = 1944 ground = Privett Park, Gosport (known as Kawns Stadium) capacity = 4,500 chairman = John Stimpson manager = Alex Pike… …   Wikipedia

• burgage-tenure — In English law, one of the three species of free socage holdings; a tenure whereby houses and lands which were formerly the site of houses, in an ancient borough, are held of some lord by a certain rent. There are a great many customs affecting… …   Black's law dictionary

• burgage-tenure — In English law, one of the three species of free socage holdings; a tenure whereby houses and lands which were formerly the site of houses, in an ancient borough, are held of some lord by a certain rent. There are a great many customs affecting… …   Black's law dictionary

• burgage tenure — A form of socage tenure wherein the king or other person was lord of an ancient borough in which the tenements were held by a rent certain. See 2 Bl Comm 82 …   Ballentine's law dictionary