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‖ responde Sc. Law.|rɪˈspɒndiː|
[L., 2 sing. imp. of respondēre. Cf. respondie.]
a. (With book.) ‘A book kept by the Directors of Chancery, in which are entered all non-entry and relief duties payable by heirs who take precepts from Chancery’ (Bell).
†b. A single entry in this book.
†c. The amount of the duties specified in any entry.
1587Act Jas. VI, Parl. xi. c. 73 In case Schireffes, Stewardes and Baillies, make not their compts, at the ordinar time of checker..That vpon the sight of the buik of Responde, letters be directed, to charge the persons, to quhome precepts of seasing hes bene granted..To pay the summes conteined in the Respondees. 1597Skene De Verb. Sign. s.v., Responde, or the buike of Responde... It is called ‘responde’, quhilk is the first worde of ilke artickle of the said buike. Ibid., He suld come again to the Chancellarie, and raise ane new precept,..and ane new memorial or ‘responde’ is maide thereof. 1676Lauder Decisions Suppl. III. (1826) 109 Because the sheriff must be answerable for the respond[e] contained in these precepts. 1687Acts Sederunt 30 June, The responde-book shall make mention of the date of the decreet extracted, as the same stands in the minut-book. a1768Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. v. §50 The sums due to the crown for the nonentry and relief duties, which are all stated in the responde book.., and are chargeable upon the sheriff, who must account..for them to the exchequer. 1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 859. |