A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1555-1678
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Improbatioun, n. Also: -ion(e. [e.m.E. improbation (1551), L. improbātio.] Disproof of a legal deed as invalid or (chiefly) forged; espec., an action to annul a deed on these grounds. (This sense only Sc. Law.)See also reduction and improbation, Reductioun n.1555 Digest Justiciary Proc. B. 123.
Thai … protestit that thay micht haue the dait and effect of the said instrument to the effect that thay mycht vse the said improbatioun c1575 Balfour Pract. 381.
Improbatioun of writis, instrumentis or evidentis beand offerit, he that offeris him to impreive the samin [etc.] 1590 Waus Corr. 442.
Ane seruand of myne … is persewit be the Lard Auchingassil … for producteon and improbatioun of ane letter of tak 1622-6 Bisset I. 234/7.
Sindrie messingeris of armes beand called for improbatioun of there executionis, and decreittis of improbatioun beand pronunced aganist thame 1627 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 279.
Ye most send heir the haill actis of Netherdyle to be produced for the erle of Maris improbatioun 1674 Justiciary Rec. II. 281.
The pretended right produced cannot be respected because the Earl has obtained a decreat of improbation against it 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i. xxiv. § 6.
We see that in improbations, the pursuer will force the defender upon an alledgeance of falshood to produce all his writs
