Heriot

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.

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. If a man fell before his lord in battle, no heriot was demanded; 1 Poll. & Maitl. 293. It was the arms of the thegn, the stock of the peasant and the return to the lord of the capital he had advanced to the tenant. 3 Holdsw. Hist. E. L. 51. See a late case in 1 C. B. 402. 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 Bla. Com. 97, 422; Comyns, Dig. Copyhold (K 18); Bacon, Abr.; 2 Saund.; 1 Vern. 441. It was claimed as late as [1907] 1 Ch. 366. See 23 L. Q. R. 251.

In English law. A customary tribute of goods or chattels, payable to the lord of the fee, on the decease of the owner of the land, — now confined for the most part to copyhold tenures. It consists sometimes of the best live beasts of which the tenant dies possessed, sometimes of a jewel or piece of plate, but is always a personal chattel.

In old English law. A gift or legacy by a tenant to his lord, at his death, of his best or second best beast, accor<5ing to custom. V. Hereotum.

In Saxon law. A payment or tribute in arms, or military accoutre- Ilerlta1l)le.

In Scots law. That which may be inherited; that which goes to the heir, and not to the executor. Heritable bond: a bond accompanied by a conveyance of land, as a security for debt. Heritable jarisdiction: a grant of criminal jurisdiction, formerly bestowed on great families to facilitate the administration of justice. Heritable rights: rights of the heir; rights to land, or whatever may be intimately connected with land.

In English law. A custon> ary tribute of goods and chattels, payable to the lord of the fee on the decease of the own~ er ot the land, Heriots are divided into heriot service and heriot euston. The former expression denotes such as are due upon a special reservation in a grant or lease of lands, and therefors amount to little mora than a mere rent, the latter arise upon no special reservation whatever, but depend solely upon immomorial usage and custom. 2 BL Comm. 422.

5 A render of the best beast or other good (as the custom may be) to the lord on the death of the tena!nt of a copyhold estate.* Also called "heriot-custom." " Heriot-service " was, substantially, a rent due upon a special reservation in a grant or lease 'of lands.'

1. A tribute in the death of a knight or, in copyhold tenure, to the lord on the death Heritable and movable table bond: a bond heritance as security. criminal jurisdiction