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blench holding

blench holding is the alternative form of blanch holding.

Meaning of blanch holding

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 blench holding

pluralblench holdings

Questions about blench holding

What is blench holding the alternative form of?
Blench holding is the alternative form of blanch holding.

Words near blench holding in the dictionary

  1. blemmed
  2. blemming
  3. Blemmyes
  4. blems
  5. blench
  6. blench holding
  7. blench holdings
  8. blenched
  9. blencher
  10. blenchers
  11. blenches

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