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blanch holding en · NOUN
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(historical, qualifier:Scots law) A 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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