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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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‡FETTER, n., v. Sc. Law usage: as a n. in pl., the restrictions imposed by a deed of entail; as a v., to impose such restrictions on (an heir).Sc. 1769 Morison Decisions 4409:
It was his intention to subject him to the same fetters with the remoter heirs.Sc. 1849 Session Cases (1849–50) 19:
In 1815 a proprietor disponed an estate to a long line of substitutes all under the fetters of strict entail.Sc. 1891 J. Craigie Conveyancing 228:
An heir of entail may purge a contravention arising either from failure to insert properly the fetters in his titles, or from a direct breach of the fetters.Sc. 1928 Green's Encyclopedia VI. 211:
The “cardinal prohibitions,” being essential effectually to fetter the heir in possession.