Heriotable

/ˈhɛri.ət.ə.bəl/

हेरियट-देय; हेरियट के भुगतान के अधीन

Origin & History

Formed from heriot + -able, used in medieval and later English legal language for tenures liable to a heriot.

heriot + -able से बना; मध्ययुगीन तथा बाद के अंग्रेज़ी विधिक प्रयोग में उन भू-धारणों/किरायेदारियों के लिए प्रयुक्त जो हेरियट के लिए उत्तरदायी हों।

Definition

Describing land or tenure under feudal law for which a heriot (a customary death-duty, often the tenant’s best beast or equivalent) is due to the lord on a tenant’s death.

सामंती क़ानून में ऐसी भूमि/किरायेदारी का वर्णन जो “हेरियट” (किरायेदार की मृत्यु पर स्वामी को देय प्रथागत मृत्यु-कर, अक्सर सर्वोत्तम पशु या उसका समतुल्य) के भुगतान के अधीन हो।

Parts of Speech

Adjective:
The manor court recorded that the holding was heriotable at the tenant’s death.
मैनर अदालत ने दर्ज किया कि किरायेदारी किरायेदार की मृत्यु पर हेरियट-देय (heriotable) थी।

Usage Examples

Under the custom, certain copyhold lands were heriotable and required a payment to the lord when the tenant died.
The deed notes that the property is heriotable, so the estate may owe a heriot.
Not all tenures were heriotable; some were exempt by local custom.

Synonyms

Subject to heriot Heriot-liable Liable to heriot

Antonyms

Nonheriotable Heriot-free Exempt from heriot

Related Forms

Noun
Heriot / Heriotability
Adjective
Heriotable / Nonheriotable

Idioms & Phrases

Heriotable holding
हेरियट-देय किरायेदारी/धारिता
Heriotable tenure
हेरियट-देय भू-धारण/किरायेदारी