Thirlage
Scottish Law: Thirlage in the Past
The name of servitude by which lands are astricted or thirled to a particular mill and the possessors bound to grind their grain there, for the payment of certain multures and sequels as the agreed price of grinding. Ersk. Prin. B. 2, t. 9, n. 18. [1][rtbs name=”scottish-law”]
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- Partialy, this information about thirlage is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including thirlage.
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Concept of Thirlage
Traditional meaning of thirlage [1] in scots law: A service or duty of multure. [rtbs name=”scottish-law”]
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- Based on A concise law dictionary of words, phrases and maxims, “Thirlage”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. This term and/or definition may be absolete. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary, based on a glossary of terms, included Thirlage.
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