A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Im-,) Inplede, Impleyd, v. [ME. implede (1458), em-, enplede (1387), AF. em-, enpleder. Cf. Plede v.] tr. a. To bring forward as a plea, to plead. b. To sue, litigate against (a person). —a. 14.. Acts I. 13/2.
Of breiffis to be impleydyt be an assyse Ib.
It is statut that breiffis of mortancestre … nevir mare sal be impleydyt be challange of the party askandb.14.. Reg. Maj. clxxi.
Gif a man be impledyt of landIb. clxxix.
Giff ii men be impledyt ... ane of thyft [etc.]1472 Lennox Mun. 89.
The Kingis respet extendis … bot vpone the landis … of thame that he takis vnder his respet, that thai sall nocht be inpledit nor hurt in thair propyr possessionis
