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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1703-1761, 1929-1959
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INCARCERATE, v. To put in prison (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 210). This usage is predominantly Sc. Hence pa.p. incarcerate(d); n. incarceration, imprisonment. Gen.Sc.Bnff. 1703 Annals Bnff. (S.C.) I. 175:
Eliz. Sime ordered to be "incarcerat, until her master intercede for her inlargment."Abd. 1749 Aberdeen Jnl. (18 July):
One Margaret Hutchson, . . . incarcerate last week in the Prison of Peterhead.Sc. 1761 C. D. Bentinck Dornoch (1926) 300:
The proprietor or proprietors of such sow shall be in virtue of this Act Instantly apprehended and Incarcerate within the Town House of Dornoch there to remain on his own proper charges for twenty four hours after the time of his Incarceration.Sc. 1929 Green's Encycl. Law Scot. VIII. 41:
The creditor is not liable to aliment or contribute to the aliment of his debtor while incarcerated under the warrant.Sc. 1959 Scotsman (8 May) 7:
An accused who is incarcerated and held throughout the 110 days on a committal warrant.
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