trespass
an offence committed by causing illegal damage, e.g. by spuilzie or ejection.
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).
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tron
a public weighing machine in a burgh.
troner
the officer in charge of the official weighing machine (the tron) in a burgh
truncher, trainchir
trencher, large flat plate, ashet.
trust disposition and settlement
a deed enabling someone to dispose of their whole property, both heritable and moveable, for example, in the event of death; it replaced the testament which – until 1868 – could effect the disposal of moveables only. See also Wills and Testaments.
trusted digital repository
an archive service which can demonstrate that it can preserve digital records over time, enabling reliable long-term access to the data it preserves without loss or corruption of that data, by complying with recognised international standards regarding metadata, data integrity, file fixity, information security and digital storage.