Caledonia, or an account, historical and topographic, of North Britain, from the most ancient to the present times Volume 1 ; with a dictionary of places, chorographical and philological - Softcover

Chalmers, George

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ISBN 10: 1130928128 ISBN 13: 9781130928129

Verlag: RareBooksClub.com, 2012

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1807 Excerpt: ...um filiarum villici dominici regii solvetur. (c) Spclman's Gloss.; Cowel, and Jacob's Law Diet, in vo. give a very mistaken exposition of the laws of Scotland, on this head (J). Upon the ridiculous fable of Boece, and the absurd explanation of Skene, respecting the Merchcta mu/ierum, much has been written, often ludicrously, and sometimes gravely (e). (21.) Ocbiern is ane name of dignity, and of an freeholder, saith Skene. In the Gaelic, Oigthiarna is-an heir apparent to a lordship (f). (42.) Oker, usury, Okerer, an userer: Such as buy victual, and hold it till a dearth, shall be punished, as Okkirars, and usurers (g). Such as shall take more than ten pounds, for the yearly interest of an hundred pounds, shall be halden, and punished, as Ockerers, and usurers (b). In the Welsh, Ocyr, and Ocraetb, signify usury; and Ocrwr, an usurer (/'). In the Gaelic, Ocar is interest, usury (k). (23) Toscheoderacb, an officer, or jurisdiction, not unlike to an baillierie, specially, in the isles, ami highlands: Some understand it, to be an searcher, and taker of thieves, and limmers: In the civil law, they are called Latrunculatores (/). In the Gaelic Toiseach signifies a leader, or chief j and Taoiseacb, a commander, or officer: Uacbdar means upper, and Uachdaracb uppermost, highest (/»): So Toiscbuachdaracb means the highest officer. And this officer existed also among the Gaelic people of Galloway (n). The modern, or municipal, law of Scotland, then, is not original, but derivative: and, we have thus seen its fountain heads, not in the forests of Germany, nor in the vineyards of Normandy; but, in the language, and customs, of her own Celtic inhabitants j and still more, in the usages, and speech, of the (/) B. iv. ch. xxxi. (e) Boece, L iii. p. 35, and 1. xii. p. ...

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• Verlag: RareBooksClub.com
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1130928128
• ISBN 13: 9781130928129
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 466