Heritable jurisdictions were, in the
law of Scotland, grants of
jurisdiction
Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United States, areas of jurisdiction apply to local, state, and federal levels.
Jur ...
made to a man and his
heirs
Inheritance is the practice of receiving private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual. The rules of inheritance differ among societies and have changed over time. Officially ...
.
They were a usual accompaniment to
feudal tenures and conferred power on great families. Both before and after
the Union
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Politics
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frequent attempts were made by statute to restrict them since they were recognized as a source of danger to the state. All were finally abolished by the
Heritable Jurisdictions Act in 1747, following the
Jacobite rising of 1745
The Jacobite rising of 1745, also known as the Forty-five Rebellion or simply the '45 ( gd, Bliadhna Theàrlaich, , ), was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the Monarchy of Great Britain, British throne for his father, James Franci ...
, with compensation available upon formal application by the dispossessed.
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Feudalism in Scotland
Scots law legal terminology
Property law of the United Kingdom
Jurisdiction
Real property law
1747 disestablishments in Europe
1747 disestablishments in Great Britain
1747 disestablishments in Scotland
Inheritance
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