blanch holding

noun

A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.

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Meanings

nounblanch holding (plural blanch holdings)

plural blanch holdings · alternative blench holding

  1. historicalScots lawA mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.

    And be it enacted, That all Tenures of any Lands or Heretages in Scotland, that are now held or liable or be held of his Majesty by Ward Holding, whether simple or taxed Ward, are hereby enacted to be turned into Blanch Holding […]

    1876, Hugh Cowan, The Land Rights of Scotland: Being a Collection of the Entail, Conveyancing, and Other Statutes Relating to Land
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