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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Outquite, -quyte, -quit(t, v. Also oute-, owt- and -quyt, -qwyt, -quiet. P.p. -quit(e, -qwit, -quyt(e, -qwyt, -quyit, -queit, -queat, -quat, -quhatt, -quyted. [Quite v.]

tr. To free from encumbrance by payment of a debt, to redeem a. land or other heritage or annual-rent from property, b. movable goods. = Lows v.¹ 12 a and b.(a) 14.. Acts I. 37/2.
Gif he wil nocht it outquyte, it sal be salde Ib. 369/2.
Outquite 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 114.
Sa that it be accordyt be twix thaim that the rentis tharof sal it outquyt [etc.] 1497–8 Acta Conc. II. 133.
The sade … Thane of Caldor sall within twa yere folowing the daite of this act redeme, lowise and owtqwyt the seven li. worth of the landis of Moy … and sal mak the sammyn fre 1509 Reg. Privy S. I. 288/2.
Outquite 1568 Prot. Bk. J. Scott 54 b.
To outquiet and mak the saidis twa acairis of land frie of the said sowme of thrie hundreth merkis 1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 17. 1582 Burntisland B. Ct. 3 Apr.
To redeime relax and owtquit the said annuall rent 1679 J. Somerville Mem. II. 13.
Outquitt(c) 1400 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. I. ii.
Sa that … the forsaid Johne … be lettit to brouke the forsaid landis quhil thai be oute qwit 1454 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 335.
Eftir the saide landis … be outqwyt and redemyt eftir the tenour of the reuersion 1518 Stirlings of Keir 315.
Outquit 1620 Aboyne Rec. 255.
Outquyt 1665 Brown Suppl. Decis. II. 409. 1688 Irvine Deeds MS. 8 June (see Lows v.¹ 12 a).
Outquit(b) 1572 Canongate Ct. Bk. 360.
Outquite 1578 Crail B. Ct. 21 June.
The saidis prebendaris … grantis … the said annuell rent to be lauchfullie redemit and outquyte be the said George(c) 1561 Glasgow Prot. III. 17.
Outquyit(d) 1563 Glasgow Prot. III. 44.
Outqueit 1578 Inverness Rec. I. 262.(e) 1620 Aboyne Rec. 264.
Outqueat(f) 1575 Prot. Bk. D. Donaldson 9 b.
The said anwell rent lawchtfully redemptit & owtquhatt 1677 Irvine Deeds 13 Nov.
Lawfullie redemit lowsit and outquat be ws frae thame(g) ? 1662 Kennedy-Lauderdale Lett. 25 n.
And his estait baith personal and reall free and outquytedb. 1592 St. A. B. Ct. 1 Dec.
To redeme and outquite hes guiddis and geir under written ingaged and led in wod