Tenures Abolition Act 1746

4 Tenure of ward holding held of superiors converted into feu holding.E+W+S

And that all tenures of any lands or heretages in Scotland, that are now held or liable to be held ward of any subject superior, whether simple or taxed ward, are hereby enacted to be turned in feu holding, for payment of a certain rent or feu duty in money, victual, cattle or otherwise, yearly, in place of the said casualties of ward holding hereby discharged, and of all services, and shall be so construed, adjudged and deemed to be from the said twenty-fifth day of March and for ever thereafter.