Thirlage

In Scotch law. A servitude by which lands are astricted or thirled to a particular mill, and the possessors bound to grind their grain there, for the pajrment of certain multures and sequels as the agreed price of grinding. Ersk. Inst. 2. 9. 18.

So., a service or duty of

A servitude in Scotland, by which the possessor of lands was bound to carry all his grain to a certain mill to be ground, for which he was bound to pay a proportion of the flour or meal, varying in different places from a thirtieth part to a twelfth part, termed multure. Besides this, which was due to the miller or proprietor of the mill, smaller perquisites were due to the servants, termed sequels, called knaveship, bannock, lock, or gowpen, uncertain in their amount, and ascertained only by the practice of the mill; and services were due to the mill, such as carrying home mill-stones, and repairing the millhouse, mill-dam, &c. Stat. 39 Geo. III. ch. 55, authorized commuting this servitude for an annual payment in grain, to be ascertained by the verdict of a jury, after proof, before the court of session, of the nature and extent of the servitude in each particular instance. Jacob.