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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tikkat, Tekkat(t, v. P.p. also tekat. [17th c. Eng. ticket(t (Cotgrave); Tik(k)at n.] a. To post a public notice, esp. a summons. (Tik(k)at n. 1.) b. To list, record in the form of an inventory. (Tik(k)at n. 3.) —a. 1522–3 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 163.
[Cockburn's procurator protested that the summons] is nothir tabillit nor tekat 1527 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 259.
[Cassillis … protesting for remedy of law, should they] tikkat him apoun the kirk durris as denuncit cursit 1532 Acts Sederunt i 7.
That the said summondis sa tikkatit or tabulit, to be thre dayis on the tolbuth dur —b. 1541 Linlithgow B. Ct. 20 Dec.
Als … copis chalice and bukkis [etc.] … thaj be tekkattit ȝeirlie in the common bukis