单词 | letters of horning |
释义 | > as lemmasletters of horning 4. Scots Law. ‘Putting to the horn’ (see horn n. 14). letters of horning: a process of execution issued under the signet directing a messenger to charge a debtor to pay or perform in terms of the letters, under pain of being ‘put to the horn’, i.e. declared rebel. (Now largely superseded by the simpler forms of diligence introduced by 1 & 2 Vict. c. 114; but not obsolete.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > outlawry > [noun] > action of declaring an outlaw proscriptiona1387 outlawrya1400 prescription?a1450 horn1491 horning1536 proclamation1561 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [noun] > process of execution issued under the signet horn1491 horning1536 society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs against debtor elegit1455 letters of horning1536 quo minus1598 extent1630 1536 Sc. Acts Jas. V, c. 38 (1814) II. 350/1 Þaim þat sustenit sik process of hornyng ȝere and day as said Is. 1568 in Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1843) II. 426 Upon the said letters of horning, to direct letters to officers of armes..to uptake the escheats of the persouns denounced and putt to the horne. 1733 D. Neal Hist. Puritans II. 315 Who were charged with letters of Horning for their disobedience. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. i. v. 53 Letters of horning will, on bill to the Lords, be granted for carrying the presbytry's sentence into execution. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 V. lvii. 424 The Government..relaxed the hornings—that is to say, restored the men for the time to the protection of the law. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xvi. 113 This is not a ‘horning’ but a hanging job. < as lemmas |
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