birlien.

Forms: also birley.

Etymology: Alteration of byrlaw n. See also burley n.²

Scottish.

= byrlaw n., used in combination birley-court n., birlie-man n.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > local or town court

portmoot1266

burgh-motea1400

byrlaw-court1597

birliea1609

borough court1769

borough sessions1835

a1609 A. Hume Poems (1902) 181 Birlay courtis.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 74 Birlaw courts, the quhilks are rewled be consent of neighbours.

1750 C. Campbell in Scots Mag. (1753) 454/2 I think it is quite right to have birlie~men.

?1750 D. Graham Hist. John Cheap iii. 22 The goodman being a sworn birley-man of that barony.

1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 512 (Jam.) [Crawford] This towne consists of above 20 freedoms.—This little republic was governed by a birley court, in which every proprietor of a freedom had a vote.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xix. 297 Jamie Howie, wha's no fit to be a birlieman, let be a baillie.

1866 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 261 Birley Courts, in the traditions of the Borders a name for any particularly stormy meeting.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	birlie
释义	birlien. Forms: also birley. Etymology: Alteration of byrlaw n. See also burley n.² Scottish. = byrlaw n., used in combination birley-court n., birlie-man n. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > local or town court portmoot1266 burgh-motea1400 byrlaw-court1597 birliea1609 borough court1769 borough sessions1835 a1609 A. Hume Poems (1902) 181 Birlay courtis. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 74 Birlaw courts, the quhilks are rewled be consent of neighbours. 1750 C. Campbell in Scots Mag. (1753) 454/2 I think it is quite right to have birlie~men. ?1750 D. Graham Hist. John Cheap iii. 22 The goodman being a sworn birley-man of that barony. 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 512 (Jam.) [Crawford] This towne consists of above 20 freedoms.—This little republic was governed by a birley court, in which every proprietor of a freedom had a vote. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xix. 297 Jamie Howie, wha's no fit to be a birlieman, let be a baillie. View more context for this quotation 1866 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 261 Birley Courts, in the traditions of the Borders a name for any particularly stormy meeting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1609
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