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feal and divot

feal and divot noun: a predial servitude (a legal interest by a non-owner connected with a piece of land) that grants the dominant tenant the right to cut out portions of turf for the construction or repair of sod structures such as houses, fences, or roofs.

Noun

feal and divot (uncountable)

  1. (Scots law) A predial servitude (a legal interest by a non-owner connected with a piece of land) that grants the dominant tenant the right to cut out portions of turf for the construction or repair of sod structures such as houses, fences, or roofs.
    • No doubt, the want of access by a good road, together with the circumstance of the lands and barony of Torrie, of which this property forms a part, being held in runrigg between the Master of Mortifications of Aberdeen and Mr Menzies of Pit-foddels, and a servitude of feal and divot, which existed...1841, Prize-essays and Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
  2. (Scotland) The construction technique for building sod structures by building walls out of feal and covering them with divot.
  3. (Scotland) Sod that is used for construction.
    • Feuars and tenants, likewise, had right to cut and carry off sod, called feal and divot, from the moors and commons, for building and roofing their cottages and hovels, and other purposes;1825, James Mitchell, The Scotsman's Library; Being a Collection of Anecdotes and Facts, page 473

Forms of feal and divot

alternative formfail and divot

Questions about feal and divot

What does feal and divot mean?
Feal and divot means a predial servitude (a legal interest by a non-owner connected with a piece of land) that grants the dominant tenant the right to cut out portions of turf for the construction or repair of sod structures such as houses, fences, or roofs.
What part of speech is feal and divot?
Feal and divot is a noun.

Words near feal and divot in the dictionary

  1. feak
  2. feaked
  3. feaking
  4. feaks
  5. feal
  6. feal and divot
  7. Feale
  8. fealed
  9. fealing
  10. feals
  11. fealties

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