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Common Law. Particular Customs.

was also general till the Norman conquest) which ordains
among other things, that not the eldest only of
the father shall succeed to his inheritance, but all
the Sons alike:[a] [a] For the note see Inserenda p.1. No 1. and that though the ancestor be
attainted and hanged, yet the heir shall succeed to
the estate, without any escheat to the Lord... Such is
the Custom that prevails in divers antient boroughs,
and therefore called Borough-English, that the youngest
son shall inherit the estate, in preference to all
his elder brothers. ... Such is the custom in other
boroughs that a widow shall be intitled, for
her dower, to all her husband's lands; whereas at
the Common Law she shall be endowed of one third
part only. ... Such also are the special and particular
customs of manors, of which every one has
more or less, and which bind all the copyhold-tenants
that hold of the said manors. ... Such
likewise is the custom of holding divers inferior
Courts, with power of trying causes, in cities and
trading towns; the right of holding which, when no
royal grant can be shewn, depends entirely upon
immemorial and established usage. ... Such, lastly
are many particular customs within the City of London,
with regard to trade, apprentices, widows,
orphans, and a variety of other matters; which are
all contrary to the general law of the land, and
are good only by special custom, though those

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