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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1664-1671
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Ok(k)ery, Oc(c)urie, n. = Ok(k)er n. — 1664 Justiciary Ct. Rec. I. 89.
Whosoever committs usury or okery, that is to say, takes more annual rent or profite for loan of money than is prescrived … shall ammitt and tyne his principall sum or stock a 1671 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds I. 258.
[Discharge of] usurie and ocurie [infra occurie]
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