| 单词 | letters of fire and sword |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletters (or commissions) of fire and sword (b) Scots Law. letters (or commissions) of fire and sword: orders issued by the Privy Council authorizing a sheriff to use any necessary force to prosecute an action against a person deemed to be in rebellion against the government. Also occasionally in singular. Now historical.Frequently used as a device to further a cause in disputes between Highland clans in the 16th and 17th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > other writs compelling or empowering sheriff withernam1292 exigenta1325 scire facias1445 fieri-facias?1463 distringas1467 compulsorya1513 praemunirea1529 writ of waste1528–30 exigi facias1589 liberate1590 justicies1592 peremptory1606 pone1607 pone per vadium1607 levari faciasa1625 letters (or commissions) of fire and sword1678 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. vi. 46 They were accounted open and notorious Rebels, for Letters of Fire and Sword are only granted against such. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. vi. 45 The commission of Fire and Sword did not add any thing to the Crime committed..: For the design of such Letters is only to warrand and command the Liedges to prosecute them as Rebels. 1693 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) iv. xxxviii. §27 662 Letters of Fire and Sword are given out against them. 1721 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. I. v. iii. 137 They..grant a Commission to some Persons to..take in Forts, raze Houses, &c. in the common Form of Commissions of Fire and Sword, as they are ordinarily called. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iv. iii. §17 691 If a party was so obstinate as to..continue his possession in despite of the law, the Scots privy council..granted letters of fire and sword, authorising the sheriff to..dispossess him by all the methods of force. 1859 R. Chambers Domest. Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) II. 371 Argyle..succeeded ultimately in obtaining a letter of fire and sword against them. 1894 Glasgow Herald 29 Sept. 8/3 The writ of extermination called ‘letters of fire and sword’, submitted to and signed by King William, was the ordinary writ granted to chiefs who had ingratiated themselves with Government. 1966 J. Prebble Glencoe i. 45 As a remedy, the issue of Letters of Fire and Sword was understandably often worse than the malady. 1997 R. Williams Heather & Gale ii. 14 Through..the intricacies of Lowland law—or more drastically by commissions of fire and sword—the Campbell power crept inexorably across the old territories of the Lordship. 2006 Scotsman (Nexis) 10 Aug. 27 In 1663, the Privy Council in Edinburgh issued letters of ‘fire and sword’ against the offenders, who were tracked down by the clan [sc. the MacDonalds] and duly dispatched. But can the Scottish Executive still issue letters of ‘fire and sword’? < as lemmas |
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