Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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APPRETIATOR, n. Sc. law: an appraiser of poinded goods.Sc. 1773 Erskine Inst. Law Scot. 515:
In the execution of poinding, the debtor's goods must be twice valued or apprised; first on the ground of the lands where they were first laid hold on, either by the stated appretiators or birleymen of those lands . . . or otherwise, by appretiators named for that purpose [etc.].
