Online Encyclopedia
Make a correction
Your email address will not appear on the site. Note, comments may take some time to be approved.
Back to article:
BLANCH FEE, or BLANCH HOLDING (from Fr. blanc, white)
Your email:
Article name:
Article content:
BLANCH FEE, or BLANCH HOLDING (from Fr. blanc, white), an ancient tenure in Scottish land law, the duty payable being in silver or white money in contradistinction to gold. The phrase was afterwards applied to any holding of which the quit-rent was merely nominal, such as a penny, a peppercorn, &c.