infeftment
the act of giving symbolic possession of land or other heritable property; see sasine, symbols.
Your Scottish Archives Glossary
The Your Scottish Archives Glossary defines archaic words and phrases, mostly Scots law terminology, commonly found in documents and records in Scotland’s archives. If you think a word or phrase should be added to the glossary, or an existing entry could be defined better, please contact us at your@scottisharchives.org.uk.
You can also use the Dictionary of the Scots Language as a further resource at https://dsl.ac.uk/ for Scots words and phrases (including legal terminology).
To find a term within the glossary, click on the initial letter of the word you are looking for, then select the relevant syllable segment displayed below.
Example: to find the term “roup” select section “R” then sub-section “Ro”
infeftment in security
the temporary infeftment of a creditor in heritable property as security against a debt or loaned money.
infield
field or land lying nearest to the farm, usually the most fertile ground which was kept continuously under cultivation. See also outfield.