Freehold (Scots law)

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also called frank-tenement (Scots law) or franktenement (Scots law)

[edit] Definition

Freehold (Scots Law): an interest in immovable property where there is no stated end date.

  • immovable property might be land and all that naturally goes with it, such as a building or trees or underground resources, but not such things as wagons or livestock (which are movable).
  • conditions that apply must have no determinable end date (examples are a life-long holding, or a holding until future marriage).

The definition was constructed from the sources. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

[edit] Additional explanations

A substantial freehold means a "large" holding. In medieval times, this came to mean a holding worth at least 40s Scots.

[edit] Sources and References

  1. ^ Scottish Language Dictionaries. Retrieved on March 1, 2008.
  2. ^ The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707. K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007), 1605/6/39. Retrieved on February 15, 2008.
  3. ^ Dictionary, Lawyers-and-Laws.com. Retrieved on March 1, 2008.
  4. ^ The Free Dictionary by Farlex. Retrieved on March 1, 2008.
  5. ^ Shumaker, Walter A.; George Foster Longsdorf (1922). The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary, Second Edition by James C. Cahill, Chicago: Callaghan and Company. 

[edit] See also

Fee simple


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