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† ˈsoverty Sc. Obs.
Also 5–6 souerte, 6 -tee, -tie, souirte, 6–7 sovertie.
[Cf. sover a. and surety.]
1. Surety.
c1470Henry Wallace iii. 414 A herald..chargyt him tak souerte of Wallas, [that] He suld him kepe fra merket toune or fair. 1501Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. II. 116 Giffin to Ternway pursewant passand with lettrez to tak souertee of the Lord Cathkerth,..xiiij s. 1552Lyndesay Monarche 4731 Thare it moste remane ane quhyle, Tyll thay gett sufficient souerte For thare kirk rycht and dewite. 1651D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1843) II. 230 Patrik Cranstoun and Andrew Armestrang were summouned to find sovertie to underly the law. 1678Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. ii. (1699) 235 Six days being by-past, and the Soverty not being found. 1752J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 86 That he come and find the said Caution and Soverty, acted in Manner foresaid.
2. A person who becomes surety.
1517Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. V. 98 Item,..to Eicht, messinger, to ryd agane to Coldinghame, Duns, and Laudar, to cers and sek George Howme with souerties undir payne of hornyng. 1566Mary Q. of Scots in 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. 609/2 The souirties ye knaw mon be Lawland men and not of the gretast of our nobilitie. 1580Excheq. Rolls Scot. XXI. 543 Mathow Stewart..as cautioner and sovertie for Johne Cuninghame. |