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Heriot
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Heriot'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/heriot.html. 1828.