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heriot

her·i·ot [ hérree ət ] (plural her·i·ots)


noun 
Definition:
 
death duty in medieval England: in feudal England, a tribute or gift, often a prized animal or a treasured possession, given by a tenant's or villein's family to his lord at the tenant's death

[ Old English heregeatwa "army trappings"; originally referring to the return of weapons]
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