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Lords Of Regality
In the Baronage of Scotland, a Lord of Regality is an ancient noble title. Lords of regality were said to hold a Burgh of regality, regality - a type of territorial jurisdiction under old Scots law. This jurisdiction was created by erecting lands ''in liberam regalitatem'' (in free regality), and the area over which this right extended became the regality. Background Regality jurisdictions originated as a form of delegated authority from the Scottish monarch. Lords of regality historically had powers akin to an earl palatine in England, and they held superior courts, known as regality courts, that exercised both civil and criminal legal powers over specified lands and Baronage of Scotland, baronies. In terms of civil jurisdiction, regality courts possessed authority equivalent to that of the monarch's regional sheriff courts. They also held extensive criminal judicial powers, known as "pits and gallows", which were comparable to those of the High Court of Justiciary, Scotland's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronage Of Scotland
In Scotland, the Baronage is the class of barons and baronesses who are the heads of their respective Baron, baronies. Also known as prescriptive baronies, they used to be attached to a particular piece of land on which was situated the ''caput'' (Latin for "head") or essence of the barony, normally a building, such as a castle or manor house. Accordingly, the owner of the piece of land containing the ''caput'' was called a baron or baroness. According to Grant, there were around 350 identifiable local baronies in Scotland by the early fifteenth century and these could mostly be mapped against local parish boundaries. A Scottish barony is the only UK title of nobility able to be legally alienated from the bloodline of its previous possessor and is not subject to the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 as Scottish baronies by their nature were erected in crown charters as a free barony so freely assignable, with crown charters stating ''"heirs and assignees"'' unlike other he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
