Look up: Heriot

1. Heriot
   due to Lord on death of a tenant - usually his best beast.
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2. Heriot
   Her'i·ot noun [ Anglo-Saxon heregeatu military equipment, heriot; here army + geatwe , plural, arms, equipments.] (Eng. Law) Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due...
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3. heriot
   Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant. Heriot custom, a heriot depending on usage. Heri...
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4. Heriot
   • (n.) Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant.
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5. heriot
   in European feudal society, the right of the lord to seize his tenant`s best beast or other chattel on the tenant`s death. The right grew out of the ...
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6. Heriot
   In English law, a heriot is a tribute or fine, as the best beast or other chattel, payable to the lord of the fee on the decease of the owner, landholder, or vassal.
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7. Heriot
   `Heriot`, from Old English heregeat ("war-gear"), was originally a death-duty in late Anglo-Saxon England, which required that at death, a nobleman provided to his king a given set of military equipment, often including horses, swords, shields, spears and helmets. It later developed...
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