Decessit sine pole (DSP)
Latin phrase meaning ‘dies without issue’; indicates a person who died without having children, and is used in older family trees.
Your Scottish Archives Glossary
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declarator
a form of action to have some right or interest declared by law.
decree of locality
a decree of the Teind Court, allocating what particular proportions of such a modified stipend would be paid by each of the parish heritors.
decree of modification
a decree of the Teind Court, modifying a clergyman’s stipend.
decree of valuation
a decree of the Teind Court, determining the extent and value of a heritor’s teinds.
decree or decreet
the final judgement or sentence of a court.
decreet arbitral
the award of arbiters on a point or points at issue jointly submitted to them by the parties in the dispute.