Section 1 Tenure of ward holding taken away;

The tenure of lands or heretages in Scotland by ward holding, whether simple or taxed ward, and the casualties consequent upon the same by ward marriage and recognition, be taken away and discharged, and they are hereby taken away and discharged, from and after the twenty-fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-eight; any law, statute, custom or usage to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding.