Teinds
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Scotch law. That liquidated proportion of the rents or goods of the people which is due to churchmen for performing divine service, or exercising the other spiritual functions proper to their several offices. Ersk. Inst. 2. 10. 2.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Scotch law. A sentences of the court of sessions, (who are now in the place of tiie commissioners for the valuation of teinds,) determining the extent and value of teinds. Bell. receding of the sea from the land. Callis, Sewers, (53,) 65. See Re Licrion,
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
sc. Tithes. Teind court: v. Cour(, 96.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Is the Scotch law term corresponding to tithes (q. v.) in English ecclesiastical law; and teind court is the designation of a court which has jurisdiction of questions of clergymen's stipends and enforcement of parishioners' tithes.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
in the Scotch law, are that liquid proportion of the rents or goods of the people, which is due to churchmen for performing divine service, or exercising the other spiritual functions proper to their several offices. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. B. 2, t.10,s.2. See Tithes.