(historical, Scotland) A tenant of the same stock as his landlord, or who held his lands in succession, from father to son, for several generations.
(historical, Scotland) A tenant of the same stock as his landlord, or who held his lands in succession, from father to son, for several generations.
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(Scotland, historical) A person, especially a kindly tenant, having land tenure by rental right.
(Scotland) An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft.
(historical, Scotland) A contract, usually military and between Scottish clans, in which a weaker man or clan pledged to serve, in return for protection, a stronger lord or clan.
A tenancy of this kind.
(Scots law, historical) A feu sublet by a vassal to a subvassal: a right to hold subinfeudated land in perpetuity in exchange for rent.