Name | Term description |
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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 as part of 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. |
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