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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GRANA CRESCENTIA, n.comb. Sc.Law: used of a Thirlage which applied to all the corn grown on the particular piece of land. [′grana krɛ′ʃɛnʃə]Sc. 1709 Morison Decisions 16006:
If they were permitted to sell or dispose upon the grana crescentia, and buy meal and malt elsewhere, for the use of their families, the thirlage would be quite eluded.Sc. 1754 Erskine Principles ii. ix. § 15:
Where it [thirlage] is of the grana crescentia, the whole grain growing upon the thirle is astricted.Sc. 1838 Bell Dict. Law Scot. 993:
[Thirlage] is either, 1st, Of omnia grana crescentia (comprehending even barley), with the exception of corn expended in sowing and cultivation, and of grain-rent payable unground, or of victual due to the titular, provided it is not consumed within the thirl, and of feu-duty.
