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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Execut(e, p.p. Also: exsecut, executt, -icut, exe-, excicuite. [ME. execut (Chaucer), -cute, L. execūtus, p.p. of exequi.]
1. Carried out, discharged, performed. 1492 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 62.
Certefeand thame that quha dois the contrair … the statutes sall be execute vpoun thame to the extreme 1510 Reg. Privy S. I. 314/2.
We … has remittit … the extreme rigoure of law that mycht be execut apoun him 1533 Boece viii. viii. 266.
This charge besely the nycht following was execute 1567 Acts III. 32/2.
That the horning be execute befoir the gift of the escheit be disponit 1622-6 Bisset I. 291/12.
This summonis suld be execute at the chemise of baith the landis that are in pley 1637 Baillie I. 37.
They see … the greatest evill that they did feare execute upon them
2. Made legally effective. 1450 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 144.
Deliueringe thir our letteris be ȝou deulie execut agane to the berer 1483 Acta Aud. *113/1.
Oppinly schewin be our soueran lordis lettrez execut and indorsit attentikly 1518 Peebles B. Rec. 47.
We committ to yow … our full power be thir our letteris, deliuering thame be you deulie execut and indorsat agane to the berar 1557 Digest Justiciary Proc. B. 143.
The lettres wer not weill executt becaus they wes accusit of tressone 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Breve.
The brieve suld be lauchfullie execute and indorsate 1644 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 13.
The haill charges … of all wther letteris and charges alreadie vseit and execut
3. Put to death by process of law. a1585 Maitl. Q. lx h.
The Erle of Northumberland … quho … was execute in Ȝorke 1600 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 263.
George Cunninghame, quha was execute for the slauchter of umquhile Andro Airthour 1623 Peebles Gleanings 7.
Quhen Thomas Patersone was execuite, to the officeris and sindry utheris … for meit and drink 1655 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 530.
For furnishing of vivers to the theifis that wer exicut 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i. xiii. § 3.
She having thereafter returned was immediately, ... by an order from the justices, execute
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