non-entryn.
/nɒnˈɛntri/, U.S. /nɑnˈɛntri/ a. Failure of the heir of a deceased tenant in fee to renew investiture; an instance of this. Also figurative. Obsolete.
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1478 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 75 And that the said som ȝerly of the said v ȝeris was takin vp & is the Kingis rycht for the nonentre of the said air.
1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 315 I ressauit fra Schir James of Levingstoune..of ane termez male of his landis, being in the Kingis handis for his nonentree.
1534 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 208 Non entrie.
1614 in J. R. N. Macphail Highland Papers (1920) III. 159 Endureing the tyme of the nonentrye.
1637 S. Rutherford Let. 10 Sept. (1848) cclvii. 512 Often I lie under a non-entry, and would gladly sell all my joys to be confirmed free tenant of the King Jesus.
1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. xiv. §20. 299 Non-entry taketh place whenever the Fee is void, whether it be holden Ward, Blanch or Feu.
1746–7 Act 20 Geo. II c. 50 §3 The citation in the general declarator of non-entry.
1761 J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council & Session 1678–1712 II. 211 Lord Lauderdale, as superior of Easter and Wester Haills, pursues a declarator of nonentry of these lands against Redhall, as being in his hand ever since the death of the vassal's father.
b. The payment due to the immediate superior upon the failure of the heir of a deceased tenant in fee to renew investiture (more fully non-entry duty, non-entry mail). Obsolete (historical in later use).
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1507 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1857) III. 139 To have gifin to our traist cousin..the nonentry and relief of..the landis of..his fader.
1572 in C. P. Stewart Hist. Mem. Stewarts of Fothergill (1870) 103 Fre of all ward releif and nonintree.
1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. xiv. §20. 300 To pay the Non-entry Mails.
1707 in Earls of Crm. (1876) ii. 56 Least advantage may be taken by obtaining a gift of nonentries from herr Majesty.
a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. ii. v. §46 232 A charter of Novodamus..imports a release to the vassal..of all nonentry-duties prior to the grant.
1837 W. F. Skene Highlanders Scotl. II. iv. 103 A gift of the nonentries of Knoydart to Cameron.
1860 C. Innes Scotl. in Middle Ages iv. 122 The feudal casualties of ward, relief, marriage, and non-entry.
c. in non-entry: (of property, etc.) in the condition resulting from the failure of the heir of a deceased tenant in fee to renew investiture. Obsolete (historical in later use).
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1525 in C. Innes & P. Chalmers Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc (1856) II. 451 And if the lands of Monbodo should fall in nonentry in default of the entry of the heirs..[the abbot] assigns the nonentry to James Strathaquhyn.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 351 He fand money of the saidis landis in non entrie.
1605 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1876) I. 242 Thair bak tenements and yeard..quhilk hes beine in nonenterie be the spaice of auchtein yeiris.
c1642 in A. Peterkin Rentals Earldom & Bishoprick of Orkney (1820) iii. 17 Quhat landis are fallen in nonentrie, or to whome they did belong or doe belong for the present?
1890 Cases Court of Session 4th Ser. 17 947 The Act of 1874, however, declared that no lands should after the commencement of the Act be in non-entry.
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1497 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 49 For the unlaw that he fell in in the last justice aire of Lithgw for nonentre of Jhone boundis.
1511 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 13 For falt of the non entra of ane hors arrestit in be Jok of Caverhyll.
1541 in D. H. Fleming Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1921) II. 620/1 For nonentre of William Hall in the tolbuith of Jedburgh.
1581 Digest Decisions Justiciary Court in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue K. 18 at Non-entré Vnlawit for his non entrie to wnderly the law for the saidis crymes.
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a. The fact of not being permitted entry; the act or fact of not entering. rare before 19th cent.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > not
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1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iii, in Wks. I. 238 You must pardon your non-entry: Husbands are not allow'd here.
1616 B. Jonson Love Restored 73 in Wks. I I am sure he concluded all in a nonentrie.
1860 S. Hazard Gen. Index Colonial Rec. & Pennsylvania Rec. 25/1 Inhabitants, difficulty as to non-entry and clearance of vessels from New Castle.
1931 Proc. Royal Soc. 1930–31 B. 107 B. 153 It is improbable that the ova themselves are responsible for the non-entry of the sperm.
1998 Internat. Migration Rev. 30 1096/1 The author fears that nonentry is replacing nonrefoulement [of asylum seekers] as the prevailing norm.
1999 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 107 591 The sponsor creates a situation in which entry is always weakly preferred over nonentry for every contestant.
b. The fact of not being entered in a list, tally, etc.; (also) the act of entering something in a register, etc.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > by omission
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non-entry1650
1650 Proposalls conc. Chancery 18 Somtimes upon a slip of non-Entry thereof, the adverse party upon a Certificate of this new created Officer can overthrowe all the Clients Proceedings.
1768 Pennsylvania Gaz. 24 Nov. The Seizing and Forfeiture of the Sloop Liberty, for a Non-Entry of a Part of her Cargoe of Madeira Wines.
1841 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 4 34 The non-entry of any given proportion of the total burials would not affect the accuracy of the results, provided it bore equally upon every month.
1962 H. R. Loyn Anglo-Saxon Eng. ix. 359 A factor that determined entry or non-entry in Domesday Book.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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