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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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INVECTA ET ILLATA, phr. Sc. Law: goods or effects brought on to premises, e.g. by a tenant (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 45), which may be held as security for rent; also applied to grain brought from outside the Sucken to be ground at the superior's mill.Abd. 1714 Rec. Old Abd. (S.C.) I. 299:
To decide the forsaid contraversy anent the multures of the said toune not only grana crescentia but also invecta et illata.Sc. 1764 Erskine Principles ii. vi. § 29:
In tacks of houses . . . and other tenements, which have no natural fruits, the furniture and other goods brought into the subject set (invecta et illata), are hypothecated to the landlord for one year's rent.Sc. 1829 P. Halkerston Tech. Terms 107:
In thirlage, the grain purchased at a distance, and brought within the thirl to be manufactured, called invecta et illata, is sometimes liable for the multure payable for grain raised within the thirl.Sc. 1929 Green's Encyclopedia VIII. 7:
Under the phrase invecta et illata all ordinary household furniture is included, as well as the goods for sale in a shop, and the moveable machinery and stock in trade in a manufactory.