abolished casualties in all feus after that date, and power was given to redeem this burden on feus already existing. If the vassal does not pay the feu-duty for two years, the superior, among other remedies, may obtain by legal process a decree of irritancy, whereupon tinsel or forfeiture of the feu follows. Other types of Scots feudal tenure There have been other forms of tenure: Booking is a conveyance peculiar to the burgh of Paisley but does not differ essentially from feu. Burgage is the system by which land is held in Royal Burghs. Blench holding is by a nominal payment, as of a penny Scots, or a red rose, often only to be rendered upon demand. Mortification, an ecclesiastical or other charitable holding in which tenure is granted ad manum mortuum, that is, inalienably and in forfeiture of all the normal superiors' casualties Ward, the original military holding, was abolished in 1747 (20 G. II. c. 20), as an effect of the rising of 1745. See also Fee simple Fee tail Feoffee Trespass for mesne profits Notes References Real property law Scots law legal terminology Legal history of Scotland Scots property law Feudalism in Scotland