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(Plainty,) Playnty, -ie, a. [? Irreg. shortened f. Plaintif a. or back-formation f. Plaintis n. pl. and Plaintis a.] Having a grievance, esp. a complaint to bring to a court of law. — 1462 Aldbar Chart. (Reg. H.) 9 Nov.
Gif ony … playnt [be made] … thai sal deput certane persones of the burgh playnty with commissione in that pairt and warne the uther [burgh] … to comoun herupon 1472 (c 1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I. 25.
And quhair they ar playntie of ony baxter, gif thair names in writt, and they sall minister thame justice as efferis
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