warrandicen.
/ˈwɒrəndɪs/, U.S. /ˈwɔrəndəs/, /ˈwɑrəndəs/, Scottish English /ˈwɔrəndɪs/ Chiefly Scottish.† 2. Security from danger, safety. Obsolete.
1. in combination.a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. ii. iii. §28 Where some lands..which get the name of warrandice-lands, are disponed only eventually in security of the principal lands.
a. gen. A guarantee, an undertaking to secure another against risk. Chiefly in Scots Law; now only as a literary archaism.
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society > law > legal obligation > bond or recognizance > [noun] > warranty
warrandice1488
warranty1543
1488 Acta Audit. (1839) 125/1 For þe werrandis [se] of him of þe said teyndis and froitis.
1495 A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 53 Giffin to Derik Jacopsone of Horne for the forbettryn off 2 sekis of woyll that had his letter of varandis, 24s.
1531 Abstr. Protocols Town Clerks Glasgow (1897) IV. 37 [He] oblissis his place in the Gallowgaet Port,..in warrandise of the paement of the xvj s. anwell.
1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 173 It specifiis nocht quhane,..nor yit quhome fra, I ressauit the gudis,.. takand thairthrow away my defencis, baith for warrandice and releif.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Author..he that selleth on warandice. A malo authore aliquid emere, to bie of him, that can make no sufficient warandice.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Caueo Ab sese caueat quemadmodum velit. Cic. Let him take as good suretee and warandise for him selfe as he will.
1592 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 547/2 Oblissand him in maist strait forme for warrandice of the said pensioun.
1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione Claremethen,..the Law of Claremethen concernis the warrandice of stollen cattell, or gudes.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 116 They lent two millions of money, and for warrandice whereof, they haue this Towne and Prouince made fast to them.
1704 Good Expedient for Innocence & Peace in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 14/2 If the Safety of the Government could be Sufficiently provided for, and obtain any sure Warrandice from Men's Vowing Fealty.
1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii*. 273 Never fear, I'se be caution for them—I'se gie you my personal warrandice . View more context for this quotation
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xi. 268 My warrandice goes no farther.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona iii. 31 I have Rankeillor's word for it..and I count that a warrandice against all deadly.
b. spec. in Scots Law. The obligation to indemnify the grantee or purchaser of land if an evictive or paramount claim should be established against the lands through defect of title. personal warrandice is that by which the grantor and his heirs are bound personally. real warrandice is where the grantor or vendor conveys what are called warrandice lands to be held by the grantee in security of the lands originally granted.
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society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > warranty of security of title
warrandice1466
1466 Acta Audit. (1839) 4/2 Þe actioun..tuiching þe Warrandice of twa merkis worth of land.
1481 Acta Audit. (1839) 97/1 Þe said Adam allegit to haue a tak of þe saide land, & warandiss of þe samyn.
1562 Abstr. Protocols Town Clerks Glasgow (1896) III. 23 Hew Mwre renunceit all warrandice quhilk he had of Allexander Cwnynghame..of the xxvj s. viij d. lande of Westir-blak-law.
1587 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 432/1 Incaiss ony of þe saidis prelattis..salbe heireftir callit and persewit at þe instance of qtsumeuir personis for warrandice of ony of þe saidis kirklandis set in few or tak be þame.
1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. xiii. 264 But oftimes when Warrandice is not exprest, it is implyed as Rights are to be warranted, which are granted for an Equivalent Cause onerous.
1690 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 27 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 This clause of warrandice wherin the Marqueis has bound himselfe.
a1722 in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) III. 293 Warrandice is only incurred by legal deeds..and not by such a natural fact of unclean heartsomeness.
a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. ii. vii. §3 All voluntary transmissions in which absolute warrandice is either expressed or implied.
1815 R. Bell Conveyance of Land 30 The warrandice of the sale of land is absolute warrandice; and, accordingly, where no warrandice was expressed, the Court found that absolute warrandice was the natural warrandice of the transaction.
1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 101 §8 The clause..shall be held to imply absolute warrandice as regards the lands and writs and evidents.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [noun] > safety or security
frithc893
sickernessc1230
orec1275
suretya1387
sickerty1405
surenessc1425
surance1426
security?a1475
warrandice1512
assurance1559
fastness1596
impunity1800
1512 Helyas in W. J. Thoms Coll. Early Prose Romances (1828) III. 84 My mother..is fled for warrandise into a castell of hers.
1553–63 T. Becon Relikes of Rome 239 b Al thoe that any manner of goods with violence or malice beare out of holy Churche,..or house of Religion, whiche that therein is layde or done for warrandise or succoure or for to be kepte.
1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 12 May (1939) 168 Good apartments..and absolute warrandice against my dreaded enemies, Bugs.
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