Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1716-1755, 1810
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SUBMISSION, n. Sc. Law usage: a contract or the document embodying it by which parties in a dispute agree to submit the matter to arbitration (Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 949).Sc. 1716 Morison Decisions 655:
A submission betwixt him and Abernethy of Mayen, concerning contraverted marches.Sc. 1755 Rec. Conv. Burghs 504:
The committee recommend it to both partys to enter into a submission with reguard to the sett of the burgh.Sc. 1810 Farmer's Mag. (June) 208:
The submission betwixt my predecessor and me has been signed this day.
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