A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1632-1633
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Recriminatione, n. [e.m.E. recrimination (Cotgr., 1632), F. récrimination (1550 in Larousse), med. L. recrimination-. Also in later Sc. legal use, in restricted sense = ‘a counter-charge brought in an action for divorce on grounds of adultery’ (SND, s.v. Recrimination).] The action of bringing a counter-accusation. —a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 292.
The partie accuised should not be admmitted to accuis the persewar be recriminatione befoir [etc.]
