Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1754, 1818
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APPRISING, APPRIZING, vbl.n. Sc. law (see first quot.).Sc. 1754 Erskine Princ. Law Scot. (1820) 263:
Apprising, or comprising, was the sentence of a sheriff . . . by which the heritable rights belonging to the debtor were sold for payment of the debt due to the appriser. Sc. 1754 Erskine Princ. Law Scot. (1820) 274:
The parliament 1672, c.19., has, in place of the old form of apprisings by messengers, directed adjudications to proceed against debtors, by way of action before the Court of Session.Sc. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xxv.:
It was a merry warld when . . . the country side wasna fashed wi' warrants and poindings and apprizings, and a' that cheatry craft.
