Excerpt from What Are Teinds?: An Account of the History of Tithes in ScotlandIN the following chapters an attempt has been made to indicate the historical development of the law of tithes in Scotland. On this subject there has been a good deal of misunderstanding, at which no one can be sur prised who has attempted to grapple with the intrica cies and anomalies of parochial ecclesiastical law. By tracing the law of tithe-paying from its first civic enact ment under Charlemagne, through English practice, down to the time of its introduction into Scotland by King David, an opportunity is afforded of gaining a clearer idea of the history of the matter, and so far as was possible I have avoided the use of the technical expressions with which this subject is superabundantly supplied, and which go far to make any account of Teind Court procedure unintelligible to all but prac titioners in that court.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.