P 220 Q In your view what does the word clan mean A It has a general meaning of family ordinary meaning of family but there is a peculiar sense in which it is used for this quasi feudal organisation in the Highlands or you might say feudal organisation Q But its primary meaning I think is family A Yes Q In your view did the clans in fact consist either of persons linked by blood or persons linked by reason of place of dwelling in a territory A That is the defination of the Act of Parliament Reference Acts 1587 Act of 11 Sept 1593 A P S IV p 40 Q Do you see a reference there to the pretence of blood or place of dwelling A Yes Q Are those familiar terms A Quite familiar Pretence means claim Q So that in your view do you get this dual element entering into the composition of the clan blood relation and place of dwelling A Oh yes you have both Evidence of the Very Rev Lachlan Maclean Watt LL D Bard of the Clan MacLean Association P 517 Q Referred to Mackenzie s Works II 574 618 Q Do you deduce that Sir G Mackenzie considered that from a heraldic point of view the head of the clan the chief of the clan or the representer of the family all meant the same thing A I respectfully suggest that it is a matter of Head of a Family and Head of a Clan He was a Highlander and he knew that clan means a family Clan and family mean exactly the same thing 97 82 45 48