heriot custom — A heriot due under custom or usage … Ballentine's law dictionary
Heriot — Her i*ot, n. [AS. heregeatu military equipment, heriot; here army + geatwe, pl., arms, equipments.] (Eng. Law) Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Heriot service — Heriot Her i*ot, n. [AS. heregeatu military equipment, heriot; here army + geatwe, pl., arms, equipments.] (Eng. Law) Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heriot — /heriyat/ In English law, a customary tribute of goods and chattels, payable to the lord of the fee on the decease of the owner of the land. Heriots are divided into heriot service and heriot custom. The former expression denotes such as are due… … Black's law dictionary
heriot — /heriyat/ In English law, a customary tribute of goods and chattels, payable to the lord of the fee on the decease of the owner of the land. Heriots are divided into heriot service and heriot custom. The former expression denotes such as are due… … Black's law dictionary
Heriot — for the town, see Heriot, Scotland Heriot was the right of a lord in feudal Europe to seize a serf s best horse and or clothing upon his death. It arose from the tradition of the lord loaning a serf a horse or armour or weapons to fight so that… … Wikipedia
heriot — /her ee euht/, n. Eng. Law. a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant. [bef. 900; ME heriot, heriet, OE heregeate, heregeatu, heregeatwa war gear, equiv … Universalium
heriot — A fruit or appendage of copyhold tenure consisting of a render of the best beast or other thing (as the custom may be) to the lord of the manor on the death of the tenant. See 2 Bl Comm 97 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Edinburgh — EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3° 10 30 (W.), and latitude 55° 57 29 (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. by N.) from … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Edinburgh — /ed n berr euh, bur euh/ or, esp. Brit., / breuh/, n. 1. Duke of. See Philip (def. 4). 2. a city in and the capital of Scotland, in the SE part: administrative center of the Lothian region. 470,085. * * * I City and council area (pop., 2001:… … Universalium
