# Fish Teinds (Scotland) Act 1864, Section 2: Interpretation of terms.


The following words and expressions in this Act shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
“Fish teinds” shall mean the vicarage teinds on fish payable to the minister of any parish in Scotland, and forming part of his stipend:
“Presbytery” shall mean the presbytery of the bounds within which such parish is situate:
“Sheriff” shall mean the sheriff of the county in which such parish is situate, or, in the case of a parish situate partly in one county and partly in another, the sheriff of the county in which the larger portion of such parish is situate, and shall include sheriff substitute:
“Sheriff clerk” shall mean the sheriff clerk of such county.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/27-28/33/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fish-teinds-scotland-act-1864/section-2
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