Meaning of heritrix | Babel Free

Definitions

A female heritor.

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Examples

“They got also Lufnes by marieng the heritrix theirof Riccartoun.[…]The Lairds of Glenbervie are not the oldest Douglasses as some say⟳, but a cadet of Angus maried the heritrix theirof, they being then Melvils verie old in that name⟳, and the powerfullest in all the Mearnes.[…]He was a cadet of Erroll, and the 1 heritrix he married with was one Macfud, and by her he got his land⟳ in Twedall;[…]Tho some alledge their was in old tymes a Lord Giffard, and that it ended with ane heritrix married in the house of Yester:[…]”

“It is the concealment and loſſe of three moſt notable in Heritrices, that were married vnto three of theſe Ferrarian Earles.”

“Seeing thoſe that ſtand up for a Right to Heritors do alſo allow⟳ of Heritrixes their voting in the Affair, it is ridiculous in them to ſtart any ſuch Objection.”

“If the Aſſembly go in to this Overture, which God forbid⟳, would it not be needful, as they conſult the Peace and Eaſe of Church-judicatories, that they declare⟳ to the World what they mean⟳ by Heritors? As, Whether, by Heritors, they intend⟳ Heritrixes alſo? For Heritrixes are not Heritors in the ſtrict Acceptation of the Word.”

“[…]perſons who, though they may have⟳ retired from buſineſs, ſhall have⟳, at ſome time, for the ſpace of five years together, carried on, or been occupied in ſuch trade⟳, manufacture⟳, art or profeſſion, within the Borough, or ſhall be heritors, or the huſbands of heritrixes holding property within the Borough, in manner herein after mentioned:[…]”

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