† schyndskyndn.
Orkney and Shetland. Obsolete.
See quot. 1859. Also attributive.
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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > specific inheritance or probate courts
commissaries' court?1529
Orphan's court1568
schynd1577
commissary court1644
Court of Probate1655
commissarial1680
prerogative court1702
probate court1726
1577 in D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland (1859) 58 For making of the divisioun of the said airschip, callit ane Scheind.
1577 in D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland (1859) 58 The Laird compellit him to pay ane ox pryce, viz.—thre dolouris, for his scheind fee.
1592 in D. Balfour Oppressions 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland (1859) 102 Ane breiff of divisioun, callit in Denmark and Norroway ane Shownd Bill.
a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 93 Shundbil, the decreet past by the Foud.
1774 G. Gifford in Low Orkney (1879) 143 Property transmitted by a Deed called a Soind bill.
1774 G. Gifford in Low Orkney (1879) 144 The disponer delivered the Soind bill to the purchaser.
1809 A. Edmondston View Zetland Islands I. iii. 130 Documents..established by what is called a Shynd or Soind Bill.
1859 D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland Gloss. 128 Schynd, Schoind, Schownd, an Inquest of Thingmen to examine, sanction, and confirm all procedure respecting the Succession, Impignoration, or Alienation of Heritage; anciently by a vivâ voce doom, but frequently (after the accession of the Scottish Jarls) by a Skynd-bref or ‘Schynd Bill’.
1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 101 Shynd, a court of law.
1883 J. R. Tudor Orkneys & Shetland ii. 18 If disputes arose as to the due division of the property, it was settled by a Schynd, or inquest held by the Odallers who constituted the local Thing or court of the district.
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