† O. Ni.phr.n.1
Obsolete.
Formerly used to mark the account of certain types of revenue in the Exchequer, recording the Exchequer's decision that the sheriff is to be held responsible to the King for the sums due. Also: a discharge for such a sum by court order.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > manage money [phrase]
O. Ni.1644
society > law > legal obligation > put under legal obligation [verb (transitive)] > specifically of an oath or promise > make sheriff legally responsible for
O. Ni.a1726
society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > enter in an account > other book-keeping procedures
control1422
avouch1539
allocate1551
respond1588
score1592
carry1652
post1707
to carry forward1721
off-reckon1721
O. Ni.a1726
to carry over1745
rule1845
to write down1876
to close off188.
qualify1884
accrue1915
net1947
gross1954
strip1980
1644 E. Coke 4th Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. iv. 116 The course of the Eschequer is, that as soon as a Sheriffe or Escheator enter into his account for issues, amerciaments and mean profits, to mark upon his head O. Ni., which is as much to say, as Oneratur, nisi habeat sufficientem exonerationem, and presently he is become the kings debtor, and a Debet set upon his head, and thereupon the parties peravaile are become debtors to the Sheriffe or Escheator, and discharged against the King.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Oni.
a1726 G. Gilbert Treat. Court of Exchequer (1758) x. 150 As to the Sheriff's Discharge first he may discharge himself by an O'ni'; (that is to say) by Order of Court, upon any particular Article, or by shewing the King's Great or Privy Seal, discharging it out of the Account.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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