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HERIOT , by derivation the arms and equipment (geatwa) of a soldier or See also:

army (here) ; the O. Eng. word is thus here-geatwa. The See also:

lord of a See also:

FEE

fee provided his See also:

TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant with arms and a See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, either as a See also:

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift or See also:

LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

loan, which he was to use in the military service paid by him. On the See also:

DEATH

death of the tenant the lord claimed the return of the equipment. When by the loth See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

LAND

land was being given instead of arms, the heriot was still paid, but more in the nature of a " See also:

RELIEF

relief " (q.v.). There seems to have been some connexion between the See also:

PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of the heriot and the See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of making a will (F. W. See also:

Maitland, Domesday See also:

BOOK

Book and Beyond, p. 298). By the 13th century the payment was made either in See also:

MONEY

money or in See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind by the handing over of the best beast or of the best other See also:

CHATTEL (for derivation see CATTLE)

chattel of the tenant (see See also:

POLLOCK

Pollock and Maitland, See also:

HISTORY

History of See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

Law, i. 270 sq.). For the manorial law See also:

RELATING

relating to heriots, see CoPYxo1.D.

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