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HERITABLE JURISDICTIONS

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 364 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HERITABLE JURISDICTIONS , in the See also:

law of See also:Scotland, grants of See also:jurisdiction made to a See also:man and his heirs. They were a usual See also:accompaniment to feudal tenures, and the See also:power which they conferred on See also:great families, being recognized as a source of danger to the See also:state, led to frequent attempts being made by See also:statute to restrict them, both before and after the See also:Union. They were all abolished in '1746.

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