(Scotland, property law, historic) Money payable by the tenant of a feu to the feudal superior.
(Scotland, property law, historic) Money payable by the tenant of a feu to the feudal superior.
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(Scotland, property law, historic) One who holds a feu.
(Scots law, historical) A feu sublet by a vassal to a subvassal: a right to hold subinfeudated land in perpetuity in exchange for rent.
(chiefly, Scotland) The hiring of servants for a fee.
A Scottish legal and land-tenure term describing land not held under feu, the Scottish feudal system in which land was granted in return for a duty or service. Now largely historical following the abolition of feudal tenure in Scotland in 2004, but still appears in property law discussions and historical records.
(Scots law) A predial servitude (a legal interest by a non-owner connected with a piece of land) that grants the dominant tenant the right to cut out portions of turf for the construction or repair of sod structures such as houses, fences, or roofs.