p 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 act of sept a p s iv p 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 q referred to mackenzie's works ii 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