A term of Old English law, probably meaning the offence of entertaining a banished person, and hence the king's right of exacting a penalty for…

Scots Law. The act of receiving or harbouring a thief, criminal, or proscribed person, or the practice of receiving or harbouring such persons…

The act or practice of harbouring criminals.

Scots Law. The holding of intercourse or having dealings with a person legally proscribed. letter (or writ) of intercommuning: a letter issued by…