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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quadruply, -pley, n. [f. as Quadruply,v.: cf. 16th c. F. quadruplique id.] A second rejoinder by the defender in a legal process in answer to the pursuer's ‘triply’.1622-6 Bisset I 183/10.
And also the defender may propone ane quadruply aganis the triply 1624 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV 249.
The quhilkis alledgeance ansuer duply triply and quadruply aboue writtin being hard seine and considerit a1603 Tract. Leg. Naval. 56.
But incaice the defender will be wilfull and offer to produce reformed eikes or quadrupleyes 1663 Justiciary Ct. Rec. I 78.
This dyet … sustains the defence, duply and quadruply, for the pannell, and repells triply and quintuply for the pursuer 1686 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII 76, 78.
The case was fully represented … to the length of a quadruply … there was a debate the lenth of quadruplys 1695 Acts IX 365/2.
