English Dictionary

feal and divot

名詞

スコットランド英語 不可算名詞

(Scotland, law) A predial servitude (a legal interest by a non-owner connected with a piece of land) that grants the dominant tenant the right to cut out portions of turf for the construction or repair of sod structures such as houses, fences, or roofs.

日本語の意味

（スコットランド法）土地に付随する権利（地役権）の一種で、支配的な賃借人が、家屋、柵、屋根などの芝（ターフ）構造物の建築や修繕のために、土地から芝を切り出す権利を有するもの。

When winter storms cracked the sod roof, the crofter relied on his feal and divot to gather turf for the repairs.

冬の嵐で土葺き屋根が割れたとき、小作人は修理のための芝土を採取する権利（芝土採取の地役権）を行使した。

意味（1）

(Scotland, law) A predial servitude (a legal interest by a non-owner connected with a piece of land) that grants the dominant tenant the right to cut out portions of turf for the construction or repair of sod structures such as houses, fences, or roofs.

No doubt, the want of access by a good road, together with the circumstance of the lands and barony of Torrie, of which this property forms a part, being held in runrigg between the Master of Mortifications of Aberdeen and Mr Menzies of Pit-foddels, and a servitude of feal and divot, which existed over nearly one-third of the muir ground, in favour of the adjoining property of South Loirston, contributed in a great degree to retard the improvement of the land in this locality, notwithstanding its near vicinage to Aberdeen.

意味（2）

(Scotland) The construction technique for building sod structures by building walls out of feal and covering them with divot.

意味（3）

(Scotland) Sod that is used for construction.

Feuars and tenants, likewise, had right to cut and carry off sod, called feal and divot, from the moors and commons, for building and roofing their cottages and hovels, and other purposes;