A person who owns a fee (see "fee

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This dictionary of Scottish property law terms is taken from an HM Customs & Excise Notice (HMRC Notice 742/3 (June 2005)) and is Crown Copyright

This means that a person has unfettered ownership of property, the equivalent of a freehold in English land law. In Scotland historically until the abolition of the feudal system there were two distin [..]

The grant of a disposition confers ownership of the land on the new owner not only of the whole grounds described in the disposition, but also buildings, woods, waters and fishing (not salmon) rights [..]

This means literally "the action of how much less". Nowadays, the majority of contracts for the sale of land and/or buildings in Scotland provide that where the condition of the property doe [..]

This is land that is held absolutely, ie without a superior or other hierarchical tenure. Effectively all land in Scotland is now allodial following the abolition of the feudal system, although this e [..]

From a non-owner. Used to describe a disposition of land granted by a disponer who does not have title to the land. An a non domino disposition is used to dispone property with no traceable owner. Aft [..]

Under Section 96 of the VAT Act 1994, the English land law term "assignment" is interpreted in relation to Scotland to mean "assignation". An assignation is a document which transf [..]