One who sells sheet music

One who plays musical instruments

A person employed in singing the nap off cloth, in this case in the manufacture of muslin - a fine cotton cloth

One who works at a mill

Builder of mills

Mutual Disposition

Mutual Trust Disposition

Mutual Settlement

Mutual Deed of Settlement

Married

Mail is the Scots word for rent; maills and duties were the yearly rents of an estate due in money or grain.

Person of full legal age (21 before 1970, 18 after 1970).

A silver coin worth 13 shillings 4 pence (or two-thirds of a pound) Scots, and therefore just over shilling sterling at the time of the Union; common also as a unit of valuation of land, as in 'the two merklands of ault extent of Glaur'.

A contract made between the husband or promised husband of a woman who was about to marry or just had, and her male relatives, settling the provision to be made for the wife or future wife. The idea was to improve on the legal rights of the wife or future wife and any children of the marriage, usually by the husband agreeing to grant them a liferent, or to grant the wife an annuity (the jointure), which would safeguard against any risk of the husband becoming insolvent. The contract could be made before marriage, when it was termed an 'ante-nuptial contract', or it could be 'post-nuptial' if made after. The ante-nuptial version gave the wife and children much stronger rights over the husband's estate should get into debt, because they would then be entitled to be considered as his creditors.

Someone who is older than 12 if female or 14 if male, but still under the age of 21. 'Minority' can also be used to refer to the whole period of a person's life from birth until they reach 21. Minors may have curators who are appointed to look after their affairs; see also 'pupil'.

The other kind of property in Scots law as opposed to heritable; in general, it is every type of property which isn't land or something connected with land.

A unit of liquid measure. A mutchkin was equivalent to 4 gills, half a chopin, or a quarter of&nbsp;a Scots pint. For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/weights-and-measures">weights and measures</a>.

A unit of distance. A Scots mile was the equivalent to 8 furlongs (Scots measurements of distance were slightly larger than the analogous Imperial measurements). For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/weights-and-measures">weights and measures</a>.

Cereal crop fed to livestock

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

A fever likely to be fatal.

Measles

Chilblains