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Name Term description
NameH and G Term description

House and Garden

NameHERS Term description

Heritors

NameHRS Term description

Heirs

NameHER CRS Term description

Heritable Creditors

NameHS Term description

House

NameH Term description

Head of household

NameHeirs Term description

Can come in various forms. The heir general is on who succeeds to both the heritable and moveable property of a deceased person, who also happens to be that person's heir at law and heir by normal course of succession (his heir of line); the heir of provision, on the other hand, is one who succeeds by virtue of the terms of a settlement or some express provision; 'heir special' refers to the right of an heir to receive infeftment in particular lands, and heirs portioners are women who succeed jointly to heritable property; see also apparent heir.

NameHeirship moveables Term description

Certain moveable goods (generally the best) belonging to the deceased, to which the heir in heritage (normally the eldest son) was entitled by law.

NameHeritable Term description

Capable of being inherited, or pertaining to land and houses, i.e. the property which went by inheritance to the heir-at-law as opposed to moveable property. 'Heritable right' meant right by inheritance.

NameHeritage Term description

Inheritance; property in the form of land and houses which descended to the heir-at-law on the death of the proprietor; heritable estate.

NameHogges/hoggis Term description

Pigs. For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/agricultural-produce-and-livestock">agricultural produce and livestock</a>.

NameHalket kyne Term description

Spotted cows. For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/agricultural-produce-and-livestock">agricultural produce and livestock</a>.

NameHankings Term description

Constricted chest&nbsp;as part of&nbsp;a cold.

NameHeidwark Term description

Headache

NameHoast Term description

Cough

NameHorseshoeheid Term description

The failure of the bones in an infant's skull to fuse, possibly accompanied by hydrocephalus. See also heidmouldshot.

NameHeidmouldshot Term description

A condition in which the bones of the infant skull overlap, often accompanied by hydrocephalus.