Heriot in United States
Heriot Definition
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. Heriot service is such as is due upon a special reservation in the grant or lease of lands, and therefore amounts to little more than a mere rent. Heriot custom arises upon no special reservation whatsoever, but depends merely upon immemorial usage and custom. See 2 Bl. Comm. 97, 422; Comyn, Dig. “Copyhold” (K. 18); Bac. Abr.; 2 Saund.; 1 Vern. 441.
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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. Heriot service is such as is due upon a special reservation in the grant or lease of lands, and therefore amounts to little more than a mere rent. Heriot custom arises upon no special reservation whatsoever, but depends merely upon immemorial usage and custom. See 2 Bl. Comm. 97, 422; Comyn, Dig. “Copyhold” (K. 18); Bac. Abr.; 2 Saund.; 1 Vern. 441.
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