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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Outpen(n)y, -penné, n. [ME. outpeny (?14th c.), and cf. Inpenny n., In-toll n. and Outtoll n.] A penny paid to the baillie by an outgoing property-owner in a burgh in token of resignation of the property. (See Murray Early B. Organ. I. 39 n.) — 1464 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 293.
Pateat … Alexander Blyndeseil … accessit ad terram Thome Lytstar … et per traditionem de ly outpeny et receptionem de ly inpeny in … sasinam cuiusdam annui redditus … debiti 1489 Dunferm. B. Rec. I. 13.
Ane of the balyeis of the burgh of Dunfermlyne resauit resignacione be erd and stane wytht ane out penne fra John Duccan … of a tennement liand in the Newraw 1502 Ib. 340.
Out penny 1526 Ib. 277.