Borough-English

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Borough-English \Bor"ough-Eng"lish\, n. (Eng. Law)
     A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and
     tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest;
     or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother.
     --Blackstone.
     [1913 Webster]