单词 | quadruply |
释义 | quadruplyn. Scots Law. Now historical. = quadruplication n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > subsequent replies on either side replication1425 rejoinder1447 rebutter1540 surrejoinder1542 triplication1583 quadruplication1593 duply1609 duplication1622 quadruply1624 quintuplyc1638 re-rejoinder1702 rebuttal1792 quintuplication1860 1624 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1862) IV. 249 The quhilkis alledgeance ansuer duply triply and quadruply aboue writtin being hard seine and considerit. 1695 Sc. Acts Will. III (1822) IX. c. 6. 365/2 The Clerks writing of the Defences, Duplyes, Triplyes, Quadruplyes, and so furth for the defender and pursuer. 1762 (title) Quadruplies for..R. Graham..J. Bakie [etc.] to the triplies for P. Honeymoon [etc.], Feb. 10. 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. i. 8 Answers, replies, duplies, triplies, quadruplies, followed thick upon each other. 1901 Scotsman 20 Nov. 9 We have the replies of the defendant counsel showing why the indictment is not relevant..to which the Lord Advocate ‘propones’ a ‘duply’ showing the reason why it is relevant; to be followed on the other side with a ‘triply’, which is answered,..by an opposing ‘quadruply’, and so on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † quadruplyv. Scots Law. Obsolete. intransitive. To make a second rejoinder in a legal process; to make a quadruply. Also transitive: to give as a quadruply. ΚΠ 1504 in Charters & Documents Royal Burgh Stirling (1884) 68 [Giving power] aganes thame..till obiect, except and aganesay, to repley, dupley, tripley, and quadrupley. 1624 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1862) IV. 249 To the quhilk it was quadruplyit..for the pairt of the said defender that the wordis..ar not [etc.]. 1668 in H. Paton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1932) 3rd Ser. XIII. 174 To which it wes quadruplyed for the persewar that he adheires to the former answers. 1722 W. Forbes Inst. Law Scotl. I. ii. 143 The Pursuer again triplies, and the Defender quadruplies, etc., so long as the one hath any thing to advance for supporting his Libel, and the other his Defence. 1774 J. Maclaurin Arguments & Decisions Remarkable Cases 164 Quadruplied, ‘That the doctrine laid down in the triply,..is..without all manner of foundation.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). quadruplyadv. Four times; in a fourfold degree or manner. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [adverb] > four times as much fourfold1535 quadruply1599 quadruple1841 1599 First Bk. Preseruation Henry VII sig. G2 Quadruply partiting; fire, ayre, earth, watery substance, Out of an vgly Chaos did'st frame. 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 197 He took heart of grace to court one of the youngest sprayes of the Imperiall Cedar for his Consort, though in point of age he quadrupply exceeded her. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vi. 95 The innocent Person is quadruply recompensed..for the Danger he underwent. 1793 T. Taylor in tr. Emperor Julian Two Orations p. lxvi Thy orb quadruply intersects these worlds. 1857 ‘G. Eliot’ in Westm. Rev. Jan. 3 The poet's [sc. Young's] father..was quadruply clerical, being at once rector, prebendary, court chaplain, and dean. 1900 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 1 183 The real points of space form but a triply infinite system, while the system of imaginary points of a real plane is quadruply infinite. 1968 Listener 3 Oct. 447/2 The few who do any kind of thing that shakes out the horrors are quadruply welcome especially if they make us laugh. 1993 I. Watson Space Marine (BNC) 106 Deep in the cellar they found a quadruply amputated prisoner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1624v.1504adv.1599 |
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