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▪ I. ‖ valent, n.1 Sc. Law.|ˈveɪlənt|
[L. valent, 3rd pl. pres. indic. of valēre to be of worth.]
1. Value or worth.
1765–8Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. v. §37 The old and new extents of lands, of which the valent is not known.
2. valent clause, in a retour of special service, that clause in which the old and new extent of the lands are specified (W. Bell Dict. Law Scot.).
1752A. MacDouall Inst. Laws Scot. iv. i. II. 460 The Valent-clause, whereby the inquest ought to have returned both the old and new extent. 1765–8Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. v. §38 Because annualrents arising out of lands had no distinct valuation or extent, therefore they are said in the valent clause of the retour, valere seipsum.
▪ II. valent, n.2 techn. and dial.|ˈvælənt|
[Back-formation from valents valance n.1]
A valance.
1794W. Felton Carriages (1801) I. 143 The pockets, the falls, and valents. Ibid. 204 A broad stripe of leather, welted on the edge,..which shelters the inside, and is called a vallent. 1888Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. 795 Valent, a short curtain;..also the name of the upper or fixed part (if any) of window drapery.
▪ III. † ˈvalent, a. Obs.—1
[ad. L. valent-, valens, pres. pple. of valēre.]
Vigorous, flourishing.
1492Ryman Poems xviii. 2 in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LXXXIX. 186 A roose, a valent floure, i-wis, Crist made springe of a thorne. |