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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Under-baillie,) Undir-baillie, -bailȝe, Wnder-bailȝie, n. [Baillie n.1, Bailȝe n.1 Cf. 17th c. Eng. underbaylliffe (1621), MDu. onder-bailliu.] A deputy to a bailiff (Baillie n.1 2, Bailȝe n.1 1). —14.. Acts I 112/2.
That na chansler, chawmerlane, … schiref na othir bailȝeis, clerkis, na thar undir bailȝeis sal be … manteinaris of mutis or of querellys in the Kyngis court 1592 Rec. Earld. Orkney 167.
The said James, undirbaillie, to cheise xij honest men to pas witht him upoun the ground of the saidis landis 1606 Orkney & Shetl. Rec. 274.
Jaspert Flet, wnder bailȝie of Orphair, ȝe sall tak tryall gif it be of veritie [etc.]
