(historical, Scotland) A contract, usually military and between Scottish clans, in which a weaker man or clan pledged to serve, in return for protection, a stronger lord or clan.
(historical, Scotland) A contract, usually military and between Scottish clans, in which a weaker man or clan pledged to serve, in return for protection, a stronger lord or clan.
Although there is no precise statistical analysis of assythments, bonds of manrent were only very rarely used in such circumstances.
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(Scotland, historical) A person, especially a kindly tenant, having land tenure by rental right.
(Scottish Borders, Ireland, historic) Protection money.
(legal, UK, historical) A letting or renting, especially a licence to enclose land in a forest with a low hedge and ditch, under a yearly rent.
(Scotland, historical) Rent due to be paid before the first crop is reaped.
(legal, Scotland, historical) A clause in a charter specifying the services to be rendered by a vassal to his superior.