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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Erectioun, -ion, n. Also: ereccioun, erektion. [e.m.E. ereccion (1504), erection, L. ērectio.]
1. The action of raising to a certain status; the privilege of being so raised; the document conveying this.1485 Acts II. 171/1.
Thai sal impetrait ane ereccioun of Coldingaham to our souerane lordis chapell in the best forme 1526 Ib. 316/2.
The charter, donacioun, and erectioun of the landis & toun of Pettinweme vnyt & creat in ane barony 1587 Ib. III. 506/2.
The creatioun and erectioun of the port … of Brint Iland in ane frie burgh regall 1594 Conv. Burghs I. 438.
Anent the supplicatioun … be the toun of Turreff, desyring to be inrolled amangs the number of frie burrowes, the said commissioneris ordanis thame to produce thair erectioun at the nixt conventioun 1600 Stirling B. Rec. I. 95.
To caus libell and rais ane summond of reductioun … for annulling the richtis and erectiones of the tounes of Falkirk and Airth
2. The action of establishing or instituting; the thing established or instituted.1599 Conv. Burghs II. 61.
Certane … affaires of the burrowes, and speciallie the mater of erectioun of ane conseruatorie at Londoun 1622-6 Bisset I. 278/29.
Quhilk sex proceses war used in Scotland befoir the erectioun of the college of justice 1627 14th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. iii. 108.
Your gud father hes changit his stil fro Melrose to Erle of Hadington, … it is thoucht it is to humour the King because it is ane erektion 1633 Acts V. 50/1.
The superiorities of all erectiones ar annexit to the crowne
