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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1668
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Usurious, adj. [17th c. Eng. vsurious (1610); Usury n.] Involving an exorbitant degree of interest or profit. —1668 Justiciary Ct. Rec. I 285.
Which tack is lybelled to be usurary 1o Because it payed … £153 yearly whereby he had £53 yearly abated to him by way of gratuity for the loaning of the money … 2o This tack is lybelled to be usurious because Margaret Balcanquell, the setter of the tack by an express provision is obliged to free the said Hugh Craig of all stents [etc.]
