Breeks partridge and other game birds. Whilst breeks are a neater, trimmer fit, plus twos are slightly wider with an extra 2 inches of material to fold over the knee, and plus fours a further 4 inches of material(and a wider, baggier fit). Breeks Breeks is the Scots term for trousers or breeches. It is also used in Northumbrian English. From this it might be inferred that breeches and breeks relate to the Latin references to the "braccae" that were worn by the ancient Celts, but the Oxford English Dictionary (also online) gives the etymology as "Common Germanic", compare modern Dutch
Rent control in Scotland in the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984. One significant complication in this exercise has been that in the pre-1939 legislation what are now individual cases in the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 were not always separated out in that way. Nor, on repeal and consolidation, was the then prevailing wording invariably used. The reasons for this varied. It was sometimes the result of court judgements, sometimes to improve clarity, occasionally due to an amalgamation of existing provisions or to an extension of an existing provision to cover additional circumstances, or simply due to the whim of the draftsman! Ever since 1915 the