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Webster 1913 Edition


Heriotable

Her′i-ot-a-ble

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Adj.
Subject to the payment of a heriot.
Burn.

Webster 1828 Edition


Heriotable

HER'IOTABLE

,
Adj.
Subject to the payment of a heriot.

Definition 2024


heriotable

heriotable

English

Adjective

heriotable (not comparable)

  1. Subject to the payment of a heriot.
    • 1777, Joseph Nicolson and Richard Burn, The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland
      The tenants are chiefly customary and heriotable.