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intromission|ɪntrəʊˈmɪʃən|
[n. of action from L. intrōmittĕre to intromit: perh. immed. a. F. intromission (Paré, 16th c.).]
The action of intromitting.
1. The action of sending, letting, or putting in; insertion, introduction; admission, admittance.
1601Bp. W. Barlow Defence 152 The Nouatians..denie to those that relapse..any hope of..intromission into the church. 1613Jackson Creed ii. xvi. §4 They draw a curtaine..least further intromission of such beames might interrupt their pleasant sleepe. 1634Peacham Gentl. Exerc. i. xviii. 59 If sight be caused by intromission, or receiving in, the forme of that which is seene, contrary species or formes should be received confusedly together. 1667Phil. Trans. II. 519 A Moderate Intromission of Blood had well succeeded. 1727Swift Gulliver iv. vi, For nature..intended the..orifice only for the intromission of solids and liquids. 1834M'Murtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 415 A tube..is open at both ends for the intromission of water. 1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 411/2 The reciprocal introduction of the organs of intromission into the vulvæ. 1883Schaff Encycl. Rel. Knowl. 2271 What he [Swedenborg] claims to have seen and heard during his intromission into the spiritual world.
2. Intermeddling, interference: esp. in or from Sc. Law, the action of intermeddling with the effects of another, the assuming of the possession and management of the property of another, either with or without legal authority; in the latter case called vicious intromission. Also, generally, the transactions of an agent or subordinate with the money of his employer or principal.
1567Renunciation Mary Q. Scots (Holinshed), And be thir our letteris freelie, of our awin motiue will renuncis..all intromission and dispositioun of onie casualiteis, properties [etc.]. c1575Balfour's Practicks (1754) 41 Ony spuilzie or wrangous intromissioun with the saidis gudis. a1639Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. ii. (1677) 33 The Monks who had been trusted..with the intromission of the rents, were charged to uplift the same. 1682Burnet Rights Princes vi. 200 Willing to discharge the Guardian for his Intromission. 1773Erskine Inst. Law Scot. iii. ix. §49. 626 Vitious intromission..consists in apprehending the possession of, or using any moveable goods belonging to the deceased unwarrantably, or without the order of law. 1808W. Tennant Ind. Recreat. (ed. 2) III. 75 His duties extend to..customs and excise..as well as to the collection of the land rents. For all these intromissions, he was strictly accountable to government. 1833Act 3 & 4 Will. IV, c. 46 §59 Such collector and treasurer..shall..grant bond..for their intromissions, and for the just and faithful execution of their office. 1884Contemp. Rev. Feb. 268 Keeping wisely aloof from all ill-timed intromission in the interior affairs.
b. quasi-concr. (Sc. Law.) pl. Proceeds of such transactions. (Cf. earnings.)
1792Spalding's Troub. Chas. I, II. 146 The monies..which the collector and his depute shall be bound to pay to them out of the first of his intromissions [original intromissioun] thereof. 1807–8R. Bell Dict. Law Scot. s.v., Should the intromitter be obliged to impute his intromissions to the preferable title..then all his intromissions must go to extinguish the preferable debts. |