| 单词 | heriot-land |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheriot-land attributive and in other combinations, as heriot-land; heriot custom n., heriot service (see quot. 1767). ΚΠ 1002 in Earle Land Charters (1888) 220 Ðæt heregeatland æt Suttune. 1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student ix. f. xxiiiiv For heryot seruyce the lorde shall dystrayne. a1676 M. Hale Hist. Common Law (1739) xxvii. 71 This Acquisition by Act in Law may be..4. By the Custom as in the Case of Heriot Custom. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. (1799) xxviii. 422 Heriot-service, and heriot-custom. The former are..due upon a special reservation in a grant or lease of lands, and therefore amount to little more than a mere rent: the latter arise upon no special reservation whatsoever, but depend merely upon immemorial usage and custom. 1896 Daily News 4 Nov. 6/6 In the Court of Appeal yesterday..Sir Thomas claimed that either by heriot custom or heriot service he was entitled to a heriot of the best beast of the deceased tenant. < as lemmas |
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