To prefer or lay (a charge or accusation); to institute, set on foot (an action at law); to advance, adduce (a statement or argument).

To bring or lay before a court, magistrate, or person in authority, for consideration or trial; to make… transitive. To make a formal statement of…

transitive. To offer, present, or put forward for consideration, acceptance, action, etc.; to bring (a charge or action at law). Obsolete.

transitive. In early use: †to press or prosecute (a writ or legal case) (obsolete). Later: to strive, endeavour, or exert oneself to bring about or…

transitive. Law (formerly chiefly Scots Law). To carry on, proceed with (an action); †to present or lay (information, a complaint, etc.) before a…

transitive. Scots Law. To state or allege (details relating to a case, crime, etc.). Frequently with that clause as object. Cf. subsumption, n. 1b…