Heriot

[A.S. here geat - here, army, and geat, tribute, from geotan, to pour out.] ( Eng. Law.) A tribute or fine payable to the lord of the fee on the decease of the owner, landholder, or va al. Heriotable, a. Liable to the payment of a heriot. Here's iarchy, n . Chief heresy. Heresiog'rapher, n. [Gr. hairesis , heresy, and Herisau, (her'e-sow,) a town of Switzerland, canton of graphein, to write.] A writer on heresy. Heresiography, n. A treatise or discourse on heresy.