Definition of Teinds

1. Noun. In Scotland, tithes derived from the produce of the land for the maintenance of the clergy. ¹

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Definition of Teinds

1. teind [n] - See also: teind

Lexicographical Neighbors of Teinds

teichoic acids
teichopsia
teicoplanin
teicoplanins
teiglach
teiid
teiid lizard
teiids
teil
teils
teilzone
teilzones
teind
teinded
teinding
teinds (current term)
teineite
teinland
teinoscope
teinoscopes
teinture
teju
tek
tekke
tekki
tekkie
tekkies
tekn-
teknonym
teknonyms

Literary usage of Teinds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scots Digest of Scots Appeals in the House of Lords from 1707 and of the by Robert Candlish Henderson, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1908)
"A decree of apprising of teinds (which had been originally bishops' ... 77. patron claimed to be titular of the teinds of a parish under Acts 1690, c. ..."

2. A Handbook of Prescription According to the Law of Scotlandby John Hepburn Millar, Mark Napier by John Hepburn Millar, Mark Napier (1893)
"But that decision has been overturned, and cannot now be considered law.2 Whether a personal right to teinds clothed with possession will exclude a feudal ..."

3. The Scots Digest of the Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland: And by John Condie Stewart Sandeman (1905)
"In 1791 the titular granted a tack of teinds of the lands of В., ... No surplus teinds were paid for the lands of D. after the date of the tack. ..."

4. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings (1875)
"... FSS, on ' teinds and Stipends,'' was read. After stating that all lands in Scotland not expressly exempted are liable for ..."

5. A Treatise on the Conveyance of Land to a Purchaser, and on the Manner of by Robert Bell, William Bell (1830)
"When, by the decree-arbitral pronounced by Charles I. it was settled that heritors should be entitled to have the teinds of their lands valued, ..."

6. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears (1875)
"After stating that all lands in Scotland not expressly exempted arc liable for teinds {ie, tithes), and that the stipends of the parochial ministers of the ..."

7. An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: From the Reign of by William Alexander (1841)
"to rectify valuations—to modify stipends—to give compensation—to disjoin, erect, and annex—to settle prices of teinds, and provide securities to titulars, ..."

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