A custom or tenure in some parts of England, by which the youngest son inherits all the lands and tenements.
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| 释义 | society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > types of tenure by inheritance (9) Borough-English1327 A custom or tenure in some parts of England, by which the youngest son inherits all the lands and tenements. parage1450 Feudal Law. A system of land tenure under which a fief is divided among brothers, the younger brothers holding from the eldest by right of… courtesy1523 Law. A tenure by which a husband, after his wife's death, holds certain kinds of property which she has inherited, the conditions varying with the… homage ancestral?1538 Feudal Law. Now historical. a system of land tenure whereby the tenant pays homage to the lord, with the same arrangement applying to the… borough-kind1577 = Borough-English, n. tanistrya1599 A system of life-tenure among the ancient Irish and Gaels, whereby the succession to an estate or dignity was conferred by election upon the… borough-tenurea1670 = Borough-English, n. parentage1728 = parage, n. 3. Obsolete. rare. curiality1861 = courtesy, n. 3 4. |
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