A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unlegall, adj. [17th c. Eng. unlegall (1643); Legal(l adj.] a. Of a person: Outside of, in breach of, the law. b. Of an action: Illegal, criminal. —a. c1641 Soc. Ant. XXV 60.
[Gilbert Mowat and Ninian Niven] throw thair bygain miscariage finding themselves unlegall ar seikeing ane protectioun aganis our horneingis —b. 1697 Old Ross-shire I 206.
Severall debts [blank] should have been paid were it not the said unlegall usage
