单词 | to put in suit |
释义 | > as lemmasto put in suit (i) To prosecute (a person); to take legal action against. Also to have in suit. Cf. Phrases 1a(a). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > carry on or institute (an action) [verb (transitive)] > sue or institute action against pleada1325 implead1387 follow1389 pursue1454 process1493 to put in suit1495 to call (a person) unto the law?a1513 sue1526 suit1560 prosecute1579 to fetch a person over the hips1587 trounce1638 law1647 prosecute1656 action1734 to fetch law of1832 court1847 chicane1865 actionize1871 run1891 1495 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §55. m. 31 The same parties so putte in sute have noe knowlege of any suche suyte had ageyne theym. 1544 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Court of Requests (1898) 79 For the which Olyuer Seynt John Esquyer hayth Stokeley in sewt at this present tyme. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 223/1 We shall not..want an aduersarie to accuse us, we shall lacke no Eschequer man to put us in shute. 1638 T. Heywood Wise Woman iii. i If they put mee in suite,..they are poore, and cannot follow it. (ii) To put (a legal instrument) in force in a court of law. Also: to set the law in motion concerning (a matter). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [verb (transitive)] > apply for or enforce legal process suea1325 to sue out (also forth)?c1425 suit1504 to put in suit1579 1579 Rastell's Expos. Termes Lawes (new ed.) f. 25 If he haue aliened before the obligation be put in suite, hee is discharged. c1618 in H. Elsing Notes Deb. House of Lords (1968) App. 140 The said Sr Giles putt the said bonds in suite in the Exchequer. a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 825 Who hath laid by his Bond so many years, without putting it in suit against us. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 220 I will have that matter put directly in suit, and, as soon as it is recovered, it shall be laid out on a commission for your son. 1842 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. 103 The executor..of the donor..bound,..to put the instrument in suit, for the benefit of the donee. < as lemmas |
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