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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Depute, Deput, n. Also: depuit, depwt, deputt; depat, deppit. [ME. depute (1405), e.m.E. deputt (1530), OF. deputé taken as depute. Cf. Debut.] A deputy.(a) 1398 Acts I. 211/2.
That thai … gif thair complayntis in to writ to the lieutenande or his deputes Ib.
Gif thai be nocht warnit til aper before the lieutenand na his deputis 1405 James of Douglas Letter to Henry IV in Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 59.
Til aske … redresse tharof … the qwhilk my deputis has askyte … & nane has gotyne c1420 Wynt. v. 327.
Pylate wes made procuratoure And specyall depute in Iwdé Ib. vii. 2665.
Quhen thai herd quhare the depwtys ware 1423 Edinb. Chart. 213.
Vs worthis to vndirly the ordonance of yhure. noble depute, the gouernour off your realme 1453 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 403.
The said principales … wald noght admit the said Ranald as depute to the lievtenand 1460 Ayr Charters 34.
Till our schiraff off Ar and hys deputis gretyng 1485 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 52.
My lord provest … [hes] chosin James of Creichtoun … to be his depute and president vnder him 1509 Reg. Privy S. I. 271/2.
His deputis war cruelly slane in the executioun of his office and halding of his said court 1542 Reg. Privy S. II. 754/2.
Grantand … to him full power … [to] find deputis ane or maa under him 1558-66 Knox II. 50.
Ane … contracte to be maid betwix his Majesties lieutenent or depute. of Ireland … and the said Erlle 1585 Acts III. 377/2.
That the secretair admonishe all his deputis and writtairis to the signet that [etc.] 1622-6 Bisset I. 254/21.
Be the clerk or his depute in there act buik the cautioun is to be acted 1617 Crim. Trials III. 423.
The … pannell … in the quhilk, the Justice-depute was set. as being depute to the Erle of Ergyle, quha bakit the persute(b) 1405 James of Douglas Letter to Henry IV in Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 59.
The qwhilk skathis our lege lorde … chargit me til aske … be my deputz redresse tharof 1386 Rotuli Sc. II. 86/1.
The lordes or thar deputz sal do the pleyntifs have reson as laugh of the Marches will 1488 Liber Aberbr. 259.
He sal be yheirlye payit … be hym and his deputtis … xxiiij bollis of beir [etc.] 1493 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 212.
The saidis assisowris … [being] sworne tharto … in presens of the Kyngs justice or his deput 1516 Misc. Spald. C. V. 396.
The justice within vj dayis sall derak his deppitts [etc.] 1525 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 221.
That the commoun clerk nor his deputtis gif nocht this writting without thai haif command thairto 1558-66 Knox II. 125.
The contraveaneris heirof. to be callit befoir the Iustice or his deputtis 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 16.
In tymes bypast the archidene, or bischeppis, war conservatouris, or sum deput for thame a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxviii. 1.
Melancholie, grit deput of Dispair c1650 Spalding I. 228.
Mr. Alex^r Gibsoune suppleit the clerk registeris place, as being his eldest deput 1641 Acts V. 508/2.
Johne lord Lyndsay and his deputts, cocquet keipers 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i. xix. § 15.
It is observable, that the sheriff-depute, or other deputs, may sit in cases belonging to the sheriff himself