| 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 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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