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blanch holding

blanch holding noun: a mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.

Noun

blanch holding (plural blanch holdings)

  1. (historical, Scots law) A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.
    • And be it enacted, That all Tenures of any Lands or Heretages in Scotland, that are now held or liable or be held of his Majesty by Ward Holding, whether simple or taxed Ward, are hereby enacted to be turned into Blanch Holding […]1876, Hugh Cowan, The Land Rights of Scotland: Being a Collection of the Entail, Conveyancing, and Other Statutes Relating to Land

Forms of blanch holding

pluralblanch holdings
alternative formblench holding

Questions about blanch holding

What does blanch holding mean?
Blanch holding means a mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.
What part of speech is blanch holding?
Blanch holding is a noun.
What is the plural of blanch holding?
The plural of blanch holding is blanch holdings.

Words near blanch holding in the dictionary

  1. Blancas
  2. Blancases
  3. Blancett
  4. Blancetts
  5. blanch
  6. blanch holding
  7. blanch holdings
  8. blanch up
  9. blanchability
  10. blanchable
  11. Blanchard

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