The Scots Act of 1685, is an enabling statute, and was made as an eek or supplement to the Common Law of Scotland...

This 3 pages refer as how the Scots Act of 1685 affected the Estate of Lovat in Scotland. The Scots Act is referring to the Entail Act 1685, an Act of the Parliament of Scotland. It was one of the Entail Acts. This one is also known as the Tailzie Act. A Tailzie, in Scots law, is the feudal concept of the inheritance of immovable property according to an arbitrary course that has been laid out, such as in a document known as a "deed of tailzie". Whereby it shall not be lawful to the heirs of tailzie to sell, transfer or convey the said lands or any part thereof or contract debt.