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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: <1375, 1375
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Inborch, -boruche, (-burch), n. [ME. inbor(e)we (13th c.), in similar use. Cf. Borch n.] Inborch & uteborche, a surety of the one and the other country, of either country (i.e. on behalf of a Scotsman distrained for debt in England or conversely). — 1249 Leges Marchiarum in Acts I. 84.
Si aliquis namiatus fuerit pro proprio debito suo de Anglia vel econuerso, & namos per tres quindenas replegiabit per inborch & vteborche [trans. his poynd sall borow for the space of (three) xv dais as inburch wed and outburch wed] 1249 Ib. 86*/1.
Dicunt quod inboruche & huteboruche potestatem habent ad distringendum utramque regionem
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