Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BAR(R)ONS OF EXCHEQUER, n. (See second quot.)Sc. 1708 Second Duke of Queensberry in Earls of Cromartie (ed. Fraser 1876) II. 67–68:
He said that he cou'd say nothing to it till once he had spoke with the barrons of the exchequer.Sc. 1909 Green's Encycl. Law Scot. II. 19:
Barons of Exchequer. The title of the judges of the Scottish Court of Exchequer; abolished in 1856, as a separate court.
