teind

[Icel. tíund a tenth, tithe, from tin = ten; Goth. taihunda =the tenth; Sw. tiende.] The name given in Scotland to tithes. They originated at a remote period; and at the Reformation John Knox contended that after allotting some provision for the displaced Roman Catholic clergy, the remainder of the teinds should be used for the support of the Protestant ministers, for universities and schools, and for the poor. Through the opposition of the aristocracy, the arrangement was but partially carried out. At the union between England and Scotland in 1707, the Lords of the Court of Se ion were appointed to be Commi ioners of Teinds, and power was given them to determine IMG:content-0870.jpg:[ocr errors] the transporting of kirks," as the population moved from one locality to another, the consent of three-fourths of the heritors in point of valuation being nece ary to warrant the removal. In 1837 and 1838 there were laid before Parliament nine folio volumes of reports by a Commi ion appointed to inquire into church accommodation, ., in Scotland. It reported that the parsonage teinds were held by the Crown, by universities, by pious foundations, by lay titulars (analogous to the lay proprietors in England), or by the proprietors of the lands from which they were due; they were in all cases eligible to pay the stipends held or which might be awarded by the Court of Teinds to the ministers, but that they could not be transferred from one parish to another. "And Wednesday, we are to be heard in the great teind case in presence." -Scott: Guy Manner ing, ch. xxxix. Court of Teinds, Commi ioners of Teinds : A court in Scotland having jurisdiction over all matters respecting valuations and sales of teinds, augmentations of stipends, the disjunction or annexation of parishes, . Its powers are exercised by the judges of the Court of Se ion, as a Parliamentary Commi ion. teind-master, s. One who is entitled to teinds. (Scotch.) teine, s. [TEΥΝΕ.]