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The idea of a societal clan structure survives in the '''legal fiction that every individual bearing the same surname is related''', and therefore new grants to petitioners may difference the senior arms of their name. <br>
'''Heraldic compartments originate in Scotland''', and are frequently used where supporters are borne. <br>
While conventional heraldic badges are granted for individuals of certain statuses, '''all armigers are entitled to bear a Scottish crest badge''', in which their crest is depicted surrounded by a circlet bearing their motto, with a [https://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/crests.htm| varying quantity of eagle feathers behind]. All those nominally 'following' the armiger may use a crest badge with no feathers, and the circlet replaced with a strap and buckle. Some armiger are also granted more ''''classical' heraldic badges''' similar to those seen , for instance, in England <br>
It is one of the few traditions '''actively regulated'''' in the present-day.
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