A charter of novodamus, in
Scottish feudal land law, is a fresh grant of lands to the grantee. It is usually granted to make some change in the incidents of
tenure of land already granted, or to resolve doubts about the grant or its terms.
See also
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Director of Chancery
The office of Director of Chancery (or Chancellory), the keeper of the Quarter Seal of Scotland, was formerly a senior position within the legal system of Scotland. The medieval post, latterly an office at General Register House, Edinburgh, was a ...
Sources
The Oxford Companion to Law, ed David Walker, 1978, page 894
Scots law
Feudalism in Scotland
Land law
Scots property law
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