heritable bond
an obligation to repay borrowed money, which has been secured by a grant of land which would be held by the lender as security for the repayment.
Your Scottish Archives Glossary
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heritable property
one of the two types of property recognised in Scots law, also called heritage. This concerns all rights to land and whatever goes with land, houses, mills, fishings, teinds and so on. (The other type is moveable property, which comprises just about everything else. The laws and documents relating to each type of property are different).
heritors
the landed proprietors in each parish who were responsible for the upkeep of the parish church, the parish school, payment of the minister’s stipend and schoolmaster’s salary etc.
hership
nothing to do with heirship (though it is sometimes spelt the same); this is the crime of making away with someone’s cattle by force, sometimes shown as herdship.