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and is protected by the "Abolition of Feudal Tenure, etc (Scotland) Act 2000" recognised by the crown as a title of nobility with status of minor baron. A Scottish barony is the only UK title of nobility able to be legally alienated from the bloodline of its previous possessor. Hence the
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in possession of fief called a barony. As such, possession of the title and the land were in theory inextricably linked. Nevertheless, nobles without any fief of their own might assume the title of baron for themselves.
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