单词 | action of law-borrows |
释义 | > as lemmasaction of law-borrows The legal security required from a person that he will not injure the person, family, or property of another; security of the peace. Also action of law-borrows, bond of law-borrows. to swear a law-borrows against (a person): to make an affidavit of being in danger from him. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > bond or recognizance > [noun] > for keeping peace or refraining from violence surety of (the) peacea1398 law-borrow1458 1458 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1458/3/30 And gif ony man be fedyt..the schiref sall furthwithe of bath the parteis tak law borowis. 1474 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 406 He was nocht under law borrowis anent the said William of Cadiou. 1484 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 40 William Futhes is becumin law burgh that William Vmfray salbe vnscathit in tym cuming. 1597 Sc. Acts Jas. II §13 (heading) The Proclamation of generall peace: Of law-burrowes. 1609 J. Skene tr. Crimes in Regiam Majestatem 142 Gif ane complains to the Schiref, and desires lawborrows of ane other man; and the Schiref doe not his office thereanent, he sall pay fourtie poundes. 1636 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 174 Men would have law-borrows against Christ's cross. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) App. 281 Interdictions, Inhibitions, and Law~burrows. 1864 A. Leighton Myst. Legends Edinb. (1886) 171 Had forced the deacon to swear a lawborrows against him. 1884 Manch. Examiner 18 Sept. 5/5 John Fraser, sheriff officer, raised an action of lawburrows against John Norrie Anderson. < as lemmas |
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