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gage [eifios are ordained to be reginefed iD tbe books oí Menl nianDers of holding, whích were eitBer \farel,
the borough. blaneh, feu, or burgdge. W.. d.holdiog, which is now
19, Uorcgifired Ceifios are ine!feétual agaiofi thírd abohlhed by 20. Ge1. Il. e .. 50. was Ihit whleh was
panies, but they are valid agaio!! the graoters aoJ Ih,ir granted for military Cervi,e. lts proper reJdrndo was,
heirs. Seifios regul.rly reeorded, are preferable, not ftrviw, or fervím uforl ond'wo"l; by whieh laft was
aecording tO their ollln dates, but thedms of their regio meanl the performaoce of Cerv,ee whenever the Cupe.
/lration. rior's occilfioos requlred it. As dll f<udal rights were
20. Seifin oecelTarily CuppoCes a Cuperior by wbom it origloal!y held ~y this tenure, ward·holdiog was in duo
i~ ; the righr Iherefore which the lovereigo, who óio. Heoee, though tbe reddmd. had eootamed fome
áekoowledges 00 Coperior, has over the whole laods of fpeei.l Cerviee, or yearly duty, the holding was preCu'
Seotlaod, is eoo(litúted, ji/re eoronlE, widlom Ceifio. In med if aoorhe~ holding was oot parueuldrly ex·
leveral par eels of laod, that lie tontiguous tO ooe ano· preffcd
ther, oue Ceifio Cerves for al!, uolefs the right 01' the Ce· 2 . Fewholdiog is that whereby the valTal is obliged
veral pareds he either holdeo of diffúcnt Cuperiors, or to pay to the Cuperior ayearly rent in money ur graio, aod
derived Crom di!fereot authors, or eojoycd by di!fereot Comeumes alCo io Cemees' proper to a f.,m as plough.
tenures uodertheCame Cuperior. In diCeontiguous lands, ing, reapiog, carriages for the! perior's uCe, &le. llomln~
a Ceparate Ceifin OlUn be taken on every pareel, unlels f.udi firlll". Thlskmd of teoure was iotroduced for lhe
fhe Covereigo has unired them into ooe tenaodry, by a el>couragement of agneultare theImpro..meot of whleh
¿harter of uoion ; in whieh caCe, if Ihere is 00 Cpeeial WdS eoofidcrably obUru:ted by the .a(fal's obligation tO
place eKprelTed, a Ceifio takeo 00 any pm of the united military lervtce. I¡ appear, tO have beeoa teoure known
lands wil! Cerve for the \Vhole, even though they be útua in Seotland as far baek as legn hurgorum.
tediodilfereotlhires. T heoolydFeél ofuoionis, 10 g,ve 3. Blaoeh.holdiog is .that whereby the va(fal is to
~be diCcontiguous laods the fame quality as if they had pay to the, Cuperiur an eluCory yearly duty, as a peooy
fleeneontiguous. or oat~ra!ly uoited; uoioo, therefore, money. a roCe, a pm of gilt Cpurs, be. merely 'o ae·
does OOt takeo!f the oeeetlity of Ceparate C"fios, io laods koowledgment of Ihe Cuperiority, nom;n. alhi firlll".
holden hy diffmnt tenures, or the rights of wh,eh fiow Tbis duty, \Vhere it is a thiog of yearly gro.·th, if it ba
¡rom different Cuperiors. theCe being iocapable of nlltur.1 nOI d~Olaoded " ithio the yeal, eaooor be exaéled thereaf.
boioo. ter; .od ",here the words, ji p!/alur lan/um, are Cub·
21 . The privilege of barooy earries a higher right joioed tO the rcddmrlo, ,hey imply a releaCe to the va{fal,
than.uoioo does, and cooCequeotIy ioeludes uo,on io it whatever the quality of the du[y may be, ir it is not alked
2S the le!fer degree. This right of barooy can oeither withio the year.
be giveo, oor traoCmiued, uoleCs by the Crown ; but the 4 Burgage holding is that, by wbieh horoughs.royal
<¡uality of limpIe union, beiog once cooCmed 00 lands hold of the !overelgo Ihe laods which are eontaioed in
by ¡he Covereigo, may he communiemd by the .aifal to their ehaners of ercétion. This, io the opinioo of Cmg,
2 CubvalT.1. Though pan of the laods uoued or ereéled does not eoonitute a leparate tenure. but is a<fpeeies of
ioto a harooy. be Cold by the valTal tobe holdeo a me, \Varo.holdiog; with Ihis Cpeeiality, that tbeva{f oot
ihe \Vhole uoion is not thereby diffolved: what remaios a private perCoo, but a commuoity: And iodeed, wateh·
~oCold retaios the quality. iog aod wardiog, "hieh is the uCual Cerviee eootaioed id
22. A eharter, not perfeéled by Ceilio, is a right the uddendDof Coeh eharters, might be properly eoough
merelyperCooal, whiehdoes oottransfenheproperty. (Cee , Caid, lome eeoturies ago, 10 have beeo of the military
T it. xx. t.) aod a Ceifio of ilCelf bears 00 f.ith, \Vithout kind. As [he royal boro.ugh is the Kiog's valTdl, all
jts warraot: It i, the charter aod Ceifio join<d together burgage. holders hold iOlmedlatel y of the Crowo: 10a
¡hat eoonitutes the feudal right, aod Ceeures the reeeiver magdlrates therefore, \Vhen they r.eeeive the refigoatioo,
4Igaiofi the e!fcét of al! poflerior Celfios, cveo though of Ihe particular burgelTes, aod give Ceifio te them, .él,
thecharters 00 \Vhieh they proeeed Ihould be prior to his . oot as f: periors, but as the King's bailies fpecially autho·
~3. No quality whieh is dc.ligoed as a lien or real bur· riCed thcreto.
~.eo 00 a feudal right, eao be e!feélual againll fiogular 5. FeudalCubjeéls, graoted te ehurehes, mooaneries, or
(ueeelTors, if it be oot ioCerted io the ioveniture If other Coeieties for religious or charitable uCes, are Caio tO
the ereditors io the burdeo are not panieuldrly mention' \¡e monified, or graoted od monumm.r/unm; eith« be·
ed, the burdeo is OOt real; for 00 perpclIlal uokoo\! o io· cauCe al! caCualtifs mun oeeetfariiy be Ion to the fupe.
cumbraoce eao be created upoo laods. Where the right rior, where the 9aITal is a eorporatioo, whieh never dies:
¡tCelfis graoted with the burdeo of the C1Im thereinmeo· or beeauCe the propeny of theCe fubjeéls is graoled to a
tiooed, or where tt is deelared void, if the Cum be OOt haod, whieh eaooot traosfer it toaoother. In laod!
raid agdÍon a day cenaio, the burden is real; but where mortlfied io limes of Popery tO the chureh, wherhet
the rtceirer is fimply ohliged hy his aeeeptance 10 make granted tO ptelares for the behoof of the ehureh, or in
, ayment, the e1auCe is e/feélual ooly agaioll him aod bis pur01/l ,!'al/ofyoom; the ooly Cervices prefiable by th~
heirs. valTal \Vere praym. aod C,ogiog gf ma{fes for the Coul!
of thedeeea(ed, which appro ches nearer to blaoeh·hold'
Tit. 11 . Of ¡he flvernl kil1d¡ of Holding. iog thao ward. The purpoCes of (lIeh gr2nts having beeo,
upoo the reformanoo, decla·ed Cuperllitious. the lands
fEUDAL [ubjeéls are chieBy diflioguinled by their di1'· monified \Vere aonexed tO tbe Cro'.\'D: Blllli!ortiticationl
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