Pride and Prejudice

Why can't the girls inherit Lougbourn?

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British law and custom dictates that family estates like Longbourn can only be inherited by male heirs. The Bennets have nothing but daughters, meaning that a male relative... possibly a distant relative, will inherit the estate when Mr. Bennet dies.

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