A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1637-1681
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Ultroneous, adj. [17th c. Eng. ultroneous (1637), L. ultrōneus.] Voluntary. ‘Ultroneous witnesses, i.e., witnesses who offer their testimony without being regularly cited’ Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 411/2. —1637 Gillespie Eng. Pop. Ceremonies ii ix 43.
This argument of scandall the pastor can make good against the fornicator out of his owne ultroneous and unrequired concession of the indifferency of fornication 1681 Wodrow Hist. III (1829) 258.
The advocate answers, that proditio testimonii is only reprobate when ultroneous, and not when oath is given before a judge
