单词 | starr |
释义 | starrn. historical. With reference to medieval England: a Jewish deed or bond, esp. one of release or acquittance of debt; a receipt given on payment of a debt. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan > documents acknowledging loan > specific release from loan obligation acquittance1394 quittancea1400 starr1614 shetar1754 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor ii. ix. 328 Rabbins expresse their Deeds, Releases, Obligations and the like by the name of..Shetar or Setar, whence the word Starrum or Starre for Acquitances or writen testimonies of Contracts is vsd. 1617 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 3) ii. x. §7. 172 When any man had..after all discharges doubted further ill measure by any such Starres or Deeds lying hid, [etc.]. 1656 W. Prynne 2nd Pt. Short Demurrer to Iewes 94 In the Plea Rolls of this Term and year (Pasche 9 E. 1...[i.e. 1281]) there are..many Stars as well of Grant and Release, as Obligatory and by way of Morgage. 1738 D. Tovey Anglia Judaica 36 Mr. Maddox gives us this Example of a French Starr, in his Formula Anglicana. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xix. 263 These starrs, by an ordinance of Richard the First,..were commanded to be enrolled and deposited in chests under three keys in certain places. 1875 J. T. Fowler in Yorks. Archæol. Jrnl. 3 57 Starrs were written in Hebrew, Latin, or French. 1902 J. M. Rigg Sel. Pleas Jews Introd. p. xix A starr of acquittance entitled the debtor to cancellation and delivery of the duplicate..of the chirograph. 1958 Oxoniensia 22 71 Among these is a copy of the enrolment..of a Starr of acquittance dated 29 October 1270. 1995 B. Golding Gilbert of Sempringham v. 298 A starr of Samson son of Amyot reveals that indebtedness lay behind this transaction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614 |
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