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1545 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 4 The Sheriff..sall remoiff furth of the said abbay.., and leiff the samyn void and red.

1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. (S.T.S.) 170 [They compel them] to deluge and leue the grounde voyd and red to thame selfis.

1622 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Menteith (1880) II. 321 To make the glebe and manse voyde and red of the present possessoris.

1663 Rec. Dingwall in W. Mackay Rec. Presbyteries Inverness & Dingwall (1896) 301 To make the house quhairin he dwelled readd for Mr. John Mackenzie against Lamb-messe.

1716 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1908) IV. 583 The ground without the West Port..be kept voyd and redd.

1761 J. Rive State of Conjoined Processes 2 To leave the same [houses] void and redd against the said term.

1817 W. Scott Let. 5 Apr. (1933) IV. 427 Of free will he leaves my premises void and redd at Whitsunday.

1862 Sc. Law Mag. 1 74/2 To leave the same void and redd, that the pursuer, and others authorised by him, might enter thereto and possess and dispose thereof at pleasure.

1956 Edinb. Evening News 14 Nov. Mrs Mitchell received the Sheriff's notice which said that she, her family of two sons, ‘goods, and whole belongings, are to leave the dwelling-house void and redd to enable the pursuers to enter thereto’.

1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 9 Sept. 18 She/he would have insisted, in the traditional words of our law, that our tenants put down a deposit to see that they left the place ‘flit and redd’.