personal diligence
Scottish Law (now rare )
noun
1By imprisonment of the debtor (as opposed to confiscation of property).
2By confiscation of the debtor's movables (as opposed to confiscation of real or heritable estate).
Origin
Early 18th century.
- paysan
- paysanne
- paysayg
- Pays Basque
- pay scale
- Pays de la Loire
- pay sergeant
- payshi
- payshun dock
- payslip
- pay someone back
- pay someone back in their own coin
- pay someone off
- pay something back
- pay something in
- pay something off
- pay something out (or pay out)
- pay spine
- pay station
- pay structure
- payt.
- pay telephone
- pay television
- pay through the nose
- pay-tone