Heriot (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun English Law.
  1. a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
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  1. (in medieval England) a death duty paid by villeins and free tenants to their lord, often consisting of the dead man's best beast or chattel
Heriot (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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