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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Pundlaw,) Punlaw, Poundlaw, n. [Altered form of Pundlan(e n., ? with ending conformed to Law n.¹ or Unlaw n. Cf. also Poindlaw.] = Pundlan(e n. — 1541 Elgin Rec. I 59.
For the quhilk ilk auchenpart sall pay to him ane d. by his punlaw and that no nychbor of this brucht trubill him in pundding of the guiddis takin wpone the cornis 1553 Instructionis for Ross Herald in R. Keith Hist. (1734) App. p. 69.
Ȝit he micht on nawayis eschaetit thame nor haldin thame langer … bot quhill thai had payit ane grott for the heid of ilk peax for thair poundlaw