A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1564-1688
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Consignatioun, -ation(e, n. [e.m.E. (1537), L. consignātio.] Consigning, delivery; spec. depositing of money or the sum deposited.‘Consignation is the depositation in the hands of a third party of a sum of money, which is the subject either of a dispute or a competition’ (Bell).1564 Reg. Privy C. I. 262.
Quhilk deliverance or consignatioun … being maid in maner abone rehersit [etc.] 1572 Protocol Book of A. Lawson 20.
The consignationn of the said sowme … and band of cautioun … wes done in the said Henry writting buith 1573 Reg. Privy C. I. 203.
All executioun to ceise upoun cautioun or consignatioun at the discretioun of the jugeis 1592 Acts III. 556/2.
That the lordis of counsall … grant na lettrez of suspensioun … without consignatioun or guid souirtie 1622-6 Bisset I. 268/1.
Quhilkis letteres sall nawyise be suspended without payment or at the leist consignatioun of the summe 1657 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III. 453.
To supplicat the said counsall of estait … that securitie may be takin without consignation 1688 Misc. Bann. C. III. 259.
That no books be lent out without the citie of Dunblane, and these only with the Bishop's consent, and upon such a consignatione as he shall appoynt for restoring them intire
