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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bond, n.2 In pl. bondes, -ys, bond(d)is, bondice. [ME. bonde (1387), OF. bonde, AF. bounde Bound n.] A boundary, limit; pl. bounds.1385 Rotuli Sc. II. 73/2.
That this condition … be kepit fullely by see als vell as for thair bondes be lande 1386 Ib. 85/2.
Swa that thir forsayd lordes … sal do na trispas no attemptat in the bondes of the tother part 1501 Red Bk. Menteith II. 304.
Gyff thai be fugitiue and passis vthow [sic] thair bonddis 1503 Acts II. 241/2.
That Ergile with the bondice … tharof sit & hald the Iustice are tharof in Perth 1509 Reg. Privy S. I. 271/2.
A court … for ministratioun of justice to certane personis within the bondis of his office 1512 Ib. 362/1.
The Castell of Lochmabane, with the hous, bondis and pertinence thairof
