A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1632-1681
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Transmissible, adj. [17th c. Eng. transmissible (1647), F. transmissible, L. transmiss-, ppl. stem. of transmittere.] Capable of being transmitted or transferred. —a1633 Hope Major Pract. I 269.
Ane rentall is not transmissible to ane assigney without the superior's consent a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 73.
Personall actions … ar transmissible against the airs in civilibus 1681 Stair Inst. iii i § 2.
Personal rights or obligations are sometimes incommunicable, and not assignable or transmissible
