单词 | outquit |
释义 | † outquitv. Scots Law. Obsolete. transitive. To free (land or property) from adjudication by full payment of an encumbering debt. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (transitive)] > clear of debt outquit1440 outred1456 clear1704 1440 in J. Cooper Cartularium Eccl. St. Nicholai Aberdonensis (1888) I. 11 Sa that..the foresaid Johne..be lettit to brouke the forsaid landis quhil thai be oute qwit. 1454 Charter Edinb. Reg. House No. 335 Eftir the saide landis..be outqwyt and redemyt eftir the tenour of the reuersion. 1498 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 133 The sade..Thane of Caldor, sall within twa yere folowing the daite of this act redeme, lowise and outqwyt the seven li. worth of the landis of Moy..and sal mak the sammyn fre. c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 445 Gif ony man's landis be wodset, he may outquite and redeme the samin quhen he pleisis except [etc.]. 1677 Irvine Deeds (MS) in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1983) V. 195/2 Lawfullie redemit lowsit and outquat be ws frae thame. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1440 |
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