Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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BOOKING, n. A mode of tenure of lands and buildings; confined to the burgh of Paisley. Discontinued under the Burgh Registers (Scotland) Act, 1926, the writs now being incorporated into the General Register of Sasines for the County of Renfrew. It resembles burgage tenure (see N.E.D.). Sc. 1868 Acts Vict. 31–32 ci. § 152:
Lands in the Burgh of Paisley, held by the peculiar Tenure of Booking.Sc. 1909 Bell Dict. Law Scot. 130:
Tenure of Booking, a tenure of lands peculiar to the burgh of Paisley. Conveyances of lands held by this tenure contained, instead of an obligation to infeft, an obligation “to book and secure.” They were followed by minutes of booking, of which extracts were given out by the town-clerk.
