Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1890
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DERELICTION, n. Sc. law: “abandonment of something owned” (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 28); see also quot.Sc. 1890 Bell Dict. Law Scot. 317:
Dereliction, in teind law. The Teind Court will pronounce a decree approving of a valuation of tithes by the sub-commissioners, although the sub-valuation has not been acted upon for upwards of forty years. But if there has been a use of payment of a higher rate of teind than that fixed by the subcommissioners, the sub-valuation will be held to be derelinquished, and the court will not approve of it, even although the long prescription has not run on the higher rate.
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