英语词汇“to run one's letters”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. Scots Law. to run one's letters: (of a prisoner awaiting trial) to apply in writing to a judge requesting that he or she call on the prosecutor to set a date for trial; to await trial following this process. Now historical and rare.

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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear causes [verb (intransitive)] > apply in writing for date of trial

to run one's letters1741

1741 Ld. Kames Decisions Court of Session 2 341 A Party who, upon a sign'd information as guilty of forgery, had been committed to prison by the King's advocate, and had been liberate upon running his letters, no day being fixed for his trial within 60 days, insisting against the informer for damages and reparation.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 80 They'll run their letters, and be adrift again, before ye ken where ye are.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iv. vi. 367 A prisoner..may protect himself from undue delay of trial by the remedy called ‘running his letters’; a process in force since 1701.

1908 Hansard's Parl. Deb. 4th Ser. IX. 29 July 315 In Scotland..there is also a power on the part of the prisoner, by a process known as ‘running his letters’, to secure a trial within a certain number of days.

1965 Sc. National Dict. VI. at Letter When a person detained in custody on a criminal charge wished to expedite his trial, he applied to a judge to call on the prosecutor to fix within sixty days the hearing of the case on a date not later than thirty days thereafter. During this period the prisoner was said to be running his letters. If the prosecutor failed to bring his case within the stipulated time the prisoner was then liberated.

单词	to run one's letters
释义	> as lemmas to run one's letters P3. Scots Law. to run one's letters: (of a prisoner awaiting trial) to apply in writing to a judge requesting that he or she call on the prosecutor to set a date for trial; to await trial following this process. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear causes [verb (intransitive)] > apply in writing for date of trial to run one's letters1741 1741 Ld. Kames Decisions Court of Session 2 341 A Party who, upon a sign'd information as guilty of forgery, had been committed to prison by the King's advocate, and had been liberate upon running his letters, no day being fixed for his trial within 60 days, insisting against the informer for damages and reparation. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 80 They'll run their letters, and be adrift again, before ye ken where ye are. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iv. vi. 367 A prisoner..may protect himself from undue delay of trial by the remedy called ‘running his letters’; a process in force since 1701. 1908 Hansard's Parl. Deb. 4th Ser. IX. 29 July 315 In Scotland..there is also a power on the part of the prisoner, by a process known as ‘running his letters’, to secure a trial within a certain number of days. 1965 Sc. National Dict. VI. at Letter When a person detained in custody on a criminal charge wished to expedite his trial, he applied to a judge to call on the prosecutor to fix within sixty days the hearing of the case on a date not later than thirty days thereafter. During this period the prisoner was said to be running his letters. If the prosecutor failed to bring his case within the stipulated time the prisoner was then liberated. extracted from lettern.¹ < as lemmas
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