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Red(d)endo, n. Also: Pl. reddendoes.[L. ablative of reddendus, gerundive of reddere to give in return, the first word of the clause reddendo inde annuatim, etc.] 1175–99 Reg. Episc. Glasg. I 37.
[Reddendo … nobis et fratribus nostris quolibet anno xii denarios [etc.] 1197–1200 Reg. St. A. 41.
Reddendo annuatim vnam marcam 11.. Reg. St. A. 188.
Reddendo mihi inde per annum … j turet 12.. Reg. Dunferm. 224.
Reddendo nobis inde annuatim duas libras piperis 13.. Liber Melros 332.
Tenendum et habendum … in liberam puram et perpetuam elimosinam nichil inde reddendo sive faciendo nobis 1587 Reg. Great S. 486/2.]

1. The clause in a charter which specifies the duty or service to be paid by the vassal to the superior. a1633 Hope Major Pract. I 63.
The marriage quhilk wes contained in the reddendo of the old infeftments of Ballincreiffe 1636 Glasg. Univ. Mun. I 261.
The said soume of ellevin poundis be the reddendoes of the saidis chairtoris is appoyntit to be paied to the viccarres 1639 Acts V 607/2.
That no act maid in exchekquher shall prejudge the fewaris infeftmentis in thair reddendo 1656 Irvine Mun. II 258.
For copieng of the chartour and redendo thairof 1661 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 14 Jan.
For getting alteratioun of the reddendo of the touns chartour fra sterling to Scots mony 1681 Stair Inst. ii iii § 29.
Infeftments upon apprising or adjudication … do require charters to be granted by the superiors of the apprised lands … their reddendo is ordinarily general Ib. iv § 7.

2. The service rendered, or the amount payable, by the vassal to the superior, as specified in the reddendo clause. 1675 Melville Chart. 178.
Roses or blasts of horns which are the frequent reddendoes of blench holding, these … being intended … as ane symboll of recognizency … allenarly 1681 Stair Inst. ii iii § 15.
If it be a charter à se, bearing ‘to be holden from the disponer of the king’ and expressing the tenendas and reddendo 1684 Mackenzie Institutions of the Law of Scotland (1684) 96.
The fourth clause is that which expresses what the vassal is to pay to the superiour and this duty is called the reddendo 1687 Rothesay B. Rec. 426.
Payment to His Majesties Exchequer of severall yeires reddendo of this burghs charter 16.. Ouchterlony Macfarlane's Georg. Coll. II 21.
[They] hold of the king feu and are all oblidged as a pairt of the reddendo of ther chartors to [etc.]