[bur-oh-ing-glish or, often, -lish, buhr-] 
| (formerly, in some parts of England) a custom by which the youngest son inherited the entire estate upon the death of his father. |
| bor·ough-Eng·lish (bûr'ō-ĭng'glĭsh, bŭr'-) n. An old custom in certain English boroughs whereby the right to inherit an estate intestate went to the youngest son or, in default of male issue, to the youngest brother. [Partial translation of Anglo-Norman tenure en burgh Engloys, tenure in an English borough; see borough.] |