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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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SHUYND, n. Also shaynd, shy(y)nd, shund. Now only hist. in comb. shuynd-bill, in Sh. Udal law: a deed recording a decision of a commission of a local Thing confirming a testament or settling disputed matters in connection with the inheritance of real or moveable estate (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 197). The document was equivalent to a testamentary conveyance in Sc. Law. For other forms and usages see Soind, n. [ʃønd]Sh. 1733 T. Gifford Hist. Descr. Zetland (1879) 48:
The first rights that are to be found upon lands in Zetland is that called a Shaynd Bill, and that only used by the most considerable heritors.Sh. 1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Sh. 202:
The decree of the court was then recorded, and the authority for entering on the possession of lands conveyed in a shynd-bill.Sh. 1898 Shetland News (19 Feb.):
Succession to heritable and moveable estate was arranged at meetings of the parish court, or of a number of reputable neighbours, whose decision, embodied in a Shyynd Bill or brieve of succession, or of division, was accepted as authoritative, and therefore permanently binding.Sh. 1904 G. Goudie Antiq. Sh. 79:
The first, dated 1516–1545, may be termed a Confirmation of a Certificate of Excambion, in connection with a heritable succession in the ancient Udal form, in other words a Shuynd Bill.