单词 | nichil |
释义 | † nichiln. Obsolete. 1. Nothing, naught. Also as a count noun: a thing of no worth or value. Cf. nihil n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing nothingOE nota1425 nichila1513 nowhat1530 zeroa1703 nuffin1837 nuttin'1852 nada1867 bupkis1937 a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 130 The moder..is nichil for the creatur is producit of nocht. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 227 He playis with totum and I with nychell. 1536 J. Husee Let. 6 Sept. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/4/117) f. 149 He saythe that the howsse and offycers most be therof fownde tyll suche tyme as the pore relygeous men be clerely expulsyd, so that by this his rekenyng all thinges deductyd ther will remaygne nychill. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xvi. vi. 483 The witches..that..giue their soules to the diuell..and their bodies to the hangman to be trussed on the gallowes, for nichels in a bag. 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 188 Nichils in nine pokes. Chesh[ire] i.e. Nothing at all. 2. Law. a. Usually in form Nichil. = nihil n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > attachment of person or property for debt > seizure by sheriff's officer > return made for no seizable goods nichil1584 nihil1607 nulla bona1641 nil1798 1584–5 Act 27 Eliz. c. 3 §5 In cases where Default is made upon a Garnishment or two Nichills returned. 1584–5 Act 27 Eliz. c. 3 §2 After ten Moneths next after such two Nichils, or Garnishment returned, the same Landes..shall be solde. 1684 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter (ed. 2) sig. Zz2 Nihil or Nichil, is a word which the Sheriff answers, that is apposed concerning Debts illeviable, and that are nothing worth, by reason of the insufficiency of the Parties from whom they are due. [Subsequently in Phillips (1706), Termes de la Ley (1708).] a1726 G. Gilbert Treat. Court of Exchequer (1758) viii. 133 A Roll of Nichils, or of the Debts which the Sheriff has nichilled. 1763 in O. Ruffhead Statutes at Large I. 354 (heading) Accompts of Nichil shall be put out of the Exchequer. b. Clerk of the Nichils: a clerk of the exchequer who makes a list of sheriffs' returns of nichil.The position was abolished in 1833. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > registrar or clerk > other clerks court-rollera1500 warden-clerk1584 Clerk of the Nichils1642 clerk of the essoins1657 Clerk of the Peace1689 1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 4 The nichelled issues are by the Clerke of the Nichells sent to the Treasurers Remembrancer. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 75 The Clerk of the Nichils, who maketh a Roll of all such sums as are nichill'd by the Sheriff upon their Estreats of the Green wax. a1726 G. Gilbert Treat. Court of Exchequer (1758) viii. 132 The Clerk of the Estreats and the Clerk of the Nichils meet and make up two Rolls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † nichilv. Law. Obsolete. transitive. Of a sheriff: to mark or designate (a chargeable sum) as unable to be raised owing to the absence of any leviable goods. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > seize for debt > seize debtor's goods > mark as illeviable by sheriff nihil1607 nichil1620 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 75 Betweene the old Sherife which returned them, and the new Sherife which nichiled them, they must be payed. 1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 4 That which is nichelled is to be written in proces a new from the Pipe. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 75 The Clerk of the Nichils, who maketh a Roll of all such sums as are nichill'd by the Sheriff upon their Estreats of the Green wax. 1700 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 19) ii. xvii. 199 If upon Summons of the Pipe, a Nichil be return'd by the Sheriff, then a Schedule is made of such Debts as are Nichiled. a1726 G. Gilbert Treat. Court of Exchequer (1758) v. 76 The Sheriffs often gave Acquittances and Tallies to the Tenants, and yet nichilled them on the Account. Derivatives nichilled adj. rare ΚΠ 1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 4 The nichelled issues are by the Clerke of the Nichells sent to the Treasurers Remembrancer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1513v.1620 |
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