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, ;¿¿d, lhal lhc leiods.bclongiog to bi/hop!,

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hich had theo

fjll ,n

tu

lhe cro\Vo, upon lhe abolilhing of

epifcop.cy,

lhould oot be fllbjetl la fal, ,s loog as lhey remained

Wilh the Crowo not Mpolerl of; ncr lhofe whieh the

the proprietor, who had ,ight both to 1I0ck and teind, re·

fen'ed tO himfdf, in a (.Ie or f,u of the lallds. ]Jut,

though none of thefe t<inds can be rold, lhey' may be

v.tlued.

1(. The Kiog by the decrees arbitral, decl.red his

own ,ight tO the rUl'eriorities of mAion IIhich had been

r<fiJ ned to him by thc rubmi¡¡;oo, rtfcrviog to the titu·

Inrs the f¿u·dulies 'hmor, uotil p.ymeot by himfdf tO

them of one lho"r. nJ merks SeOlS for every chalder of

fcu l',élll.I, .nd for each hur.c!red merks of

feu.du

ty,

which right of redecming the feu·dplies lVas ,flerwards

reoounced by the Crown. If the church·valf.1 Ihould

eonfen t tO hold hi, lands of the titular, he caonot lhere·

after recur tOthe Cero\l'n as his ,mmed,ate fuperior.

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2.

In expl.ioing \Vhat the eonllaot rent is, by \l'hich

the teind mul! be valued, tbe follo\l'iog rulesare obferved.

The reot dralVo Ly lhe proprietor, íromthe

f.le

of fub·

jctls, that are more properiy par!! of the land than of

the fr uits,

e.

g.

quarries, minerals, molfes,

&e.

is to

be deduéled from the renral of the lands; aod airo the

rent of fupernumerary houfes, over aod above IVhat is

Il<!eelfary for agriculture; and the addilÍonal reol lhat

may

be

paid by the lenanl, io eonfideration of lhe pro·

prietor's uodcnakiog aoy burden lhallaw impares on the

tenant, •.

g.

upholding lhe tenaot's houfes, becaufe none

of thefe articles arepaid properly onaCCOunl of lhe fruits.

Orchards mufl alfo be deduéled, and mili·rent, becaufe

the profits of

a

mili arife from indul1ry; and lhe eorns

manuf.élured lhere fuffer avaluation, as rent p.yable

by

the lenant ; and therefo re ought not to be valued afecond

time againn lhe tilular as mill·reot. The yearly ex·

penee of culture O' ght nol to be dedutled; for no rent

can be proudeed without it: But. if an improvement of

rcnt is made 'at an uneommon expence,

e.

g.

by draining

a lake, the proprielor is allolVed a reafoo.ble abatement

on lhat aecount.

13.

NOllvithflandiog the fcveralwa)'s of mifapplying

parochial tcinds io lhe limes of popay, fome felV bene·

fiees remained entire in lhe hands of lhe parfon!. The

miniflers planted in thefe, after the reformati o, eonli·

nued tO have thefull righl 10 lhem, as proper beneficia·

. ries ; but a pOlVer was afterwards granted ro lhe palron,

to redeem lhe whole teiod from fuch beoeficiaries; upon

Iheir gwing acompmnl nipeod modified to them : which

teind fo redcemed, the palron is obliged to fell tO lbe

propríctor, at fix years purchafe.

14,

Some teinds are more direélly fubjeél tO an .1I0c.·

tion for the minifler's flipend, lhan olhm. The teiods,

io lhe h.ods of lhe lay litular, f.1I firll to be aJloemd,

\Vho, fioce he is not eapable toferre the cure in his u"'n

perfon, oughuo provide ooe IVho eao; and if lhe tilular,

in pJ.lceof dralVing lheteind, has fet

it

in tack, the lACk·

dUlyis alloealed: Th;s fort iscalled free teind

Where

Ih.

tJt~

dUly, \\'hieh is the titular's interell in lhe teiods,

f.JI

! /hort, Ihe tackilfelf is burdeoed, or, io olher IVords,

the furplus leind over and above the tack·dulY : But, in

litis elfe, the commilJionersare em¡lowered to recompeofe

rOL,11.

Numb. 65,

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w.

the!aeHman, by prorogating !tis tack fo, fueh a number

of

ycm

as lhey fllaJl judge equitahle. Whm this like·

wife proves delicieot, lhe .lIocalioo f. lls on the teinds,

hcril~hly

eonveyed by the litular, uolels he h,ISIVm.OIed

his granl againfl fU lure augmentalioos ; in which eafe, lhe

teiods of the I.nds belooging in propmy to the lilular

himfdf mufl be allocated in lhe fi rfl place.

lS .

Where thm is fuflicieDcy of free teind, in a pa·

ri/h, the litular may alloeate any of lhemhe fl,,1J lhlOk

fil for lhe mininer's llipend, fince lhey are aJl his own ;

unlefs lhere has been a previous deereeof localilY : And

this holds, though Ihe Ilipeod Ihould have been paid

immemorially OUt of lheteinds of eenain particular lands.

This right IVas frequendy abufed by mulars, who, as

foon as a proprietor had broughl an aélion of f. le of his

teinds, allocaled lhe pllrfuer's full leied for lhe flipend ,

whereby fuehaétion

bee.me

ineff<élual:

I

t

wa~

Iherefore

provided, ¡hat a(ler eila,ion in a fale of teinds it Ihall

not be in lhe titular's power 10 allocale lhe purfuer's

teinds folely, but only io proportion wi,h lbe olher leinds

in lhe p"ilh.

16.

Mioiflers glebes are declared f, ee from the payo

meOl of teind. LaDds

eullt decimiJ inrftY;J

are alfo ex·

empled from teiod·. But in order to exe01pt laods from

paymeot of teind, it is ne:elfAry that the proprietor

prove his righl lhereto,

eum decimiI inelujiJ,

as far

baek as the above atl of annexation

1SS7.

17.

Teiodsare

d,bila ¡ru{luum,

not

¡«ndi.

The ac.

tioo thereforefor breooe leiDds is ooly perfonal,

again~

thofe IVho have intermeddlcd, unlefs \Vhere the litular is

infcCt in lhe lands, in fecurilY of lhe valued teind-dulY.

Where a teoaot is,

by

his tack, bound la paya joim dUly

to his landlord for floek and leind, WilhoUl diflioguilhing

the rent of each, hi! defeoee of a

bono ¡de

payment of

the IVhole to the landlord has been fuflained in

a

fuit al

the inllanceof a laie litular, bUl repelled where a church.

mao IVas purfuer. In both eafes lhe proprie1or who re.

ceives fueh reot is liable as inrermeddler.

18.

In taeks of teiads, as of laods, there is place for

taeit relocalioo; to flap lhe effeél

01

whieh, the tilular

mufl

obl.in

and execute aniohibilioD of teinds againfllhe

taekfman, which differs much from inhibilion of landi

(explaioed under the next tide), and is intended merely

10 interpe! or inhibit lhe taekfman from (arther inter.

meddliog. Tbis diligenee of inhibition may alfo be ufed

at Ihe fuit of the titul", agaiofl any olher poffeffor

al'

the leiDds; aod if lhe tackfmaR or poffeffor Ihall inter.

meddle afler the inhibitioDis execuled, he is liable in a

Jpuilzie.

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9.

Land, and teinds pafs by diffmnt tides:

A

diC.

pofition of lands lherefore, though graoled by

ene

who

has alfo righl

10

lhe teind, IVill nOl carry lite teiod, uo.

lefs il fllalJ appear from fpeei.1eircumllaoces lhat a fale

of both IVas dcfigned by lhe parties. In landselJ»J

d" i.

1hiI incllY;J,

where the leinds are coofolidmd wilh lhe

floek, the right of both mull oeeelfarily go Iilgcther iD

aU

cafes,

T it,

18.

Of

I Il/¡ibiúOIlI.

T H! conllitulioo aod tranCmillion of fcudjl tigilts beiog

t

9 Y

expllloed,

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