Money paid by tenants in lieu of a heriot. It was often applied to the best chattel, as dlstlngulshed from heriot, the best beast. Cowell
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
Money paid by tenants in lieu of a heriot. It was often applied to the best chattel, as dlstlngulshed from heriot, the best beast. Cowell
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)