Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Heriot

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Heriot


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(n.) Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant.