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Quotation dates: 1504-1518, 1620-1673
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Triply, Triplie, v. Also: tripley. [Med. L. triplicare, OF tripliquer; cf. Duply v., Quadruply v., Quintuply v.] Of a pursuer in a law-suit: To make a third pleading, to reply to a defender's rejoinder or duply (see Triply n.): a. intr. b. tr.a. 1504 Stirling Chart. 68 (see Duply v. 2 a).
Tripley 1518 Lag Chart. 54.
To defend and persew … except and propone, reply, duplie, triplie and gif neid beis to quadruplie actis and instrumentis to ask [etc.]b. pres. 1663 Justiciary Ct. Rec. I 77 (see Quintuply v. b).
Triplys 1673 Justiciary Ct. Rec. II 148.
Triplys Mr. David Dinmuir for the pursuer that the reply made by the pursuer to the defence, stands relevant notwithstanding of the duply proponed by the defenderp.p. 1620 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. I 127.
It was alleged … replied, that [etc.] … duplied, he being infeft … triplied, if the word of Balnamoon had been left out [etc.] 1624 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV 248.
To the quhilk it wes triplyit … that this chartour … is not ane simple and nakeit confirmatioun but conteanes also ane donatioun [etc.] 1666 Glasgow Chart. II 77.
And wheras it is duplied that the kings majestie may crave a recognizance it wes triplyed that the towne of Glasgow payes customes
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