Sc. Law. [L. valent, 3rd pl. pres. indic. of valēre to be of worth.]
1. Value or worth.
1765–8. Erskine, Inst. Law Scot., II. v. § 37. The old and new extents of lands, of which the valent is not known.
2. Valent clause, in a retour of special service, that clause in which the old and new extent of the lands are specified (W. Bell, Dict. Law Scot.).
1752. A. MacDouall, Inst. Laws Scot., IV. i. II. 460. The Valent-clause, whereby the inquest ought to have returned both the old and new extent.
1765–8. Erskine, Inst. Law Scot., II. v. § 38. Because annual rents arising out of lands had no distinct valuation or extent, therefore they are said in the valent clause of the retour, valere seipsum.
