HERISSON

(Fr. a hedgehog.) In Fortification, a beam armed with iron spikes, and used as a barrier to block up a pa age.HERITABLE RIGHTS, in Scottish Law, comprehend in general, rights to land, and things connected with lana which pa to the heir; the distinction being, in most prrs tical respects, merely identical with that of English law between realty and personalty. Heritable jurisdictions wer« grants of criminal jurisdiction bestowed on great families by the crown. They were abolished after the rebellion of 174i by the act 20 G. 2, c. 40. [s. 570]