Feal and Divot (words both meaning turf), in the law of Scotland, are usually conjoined with the word Fuel, as 'Fuel, Feal and Divot,' to denote the rural servitudes which give right to the proprietor of the dominant tenement to dig and win peat and turf from the servient tenement for fuel, or for building fences, or thatching houses, or similar purposes. They involve also a right of access to the peat-ground, and a right of using the ground to dry the cut turf.
Feal and Divot
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 569
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