Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1756, 1891-1927
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IRRITATE, v. Sc. Law: to make void, render of no effect, nullify (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 46). Cf. Irritant.Sc. 1756 Acts of Sederunt (1790) 504:
When a tenant hath irritated his tack, by suffering two years rent to be in arrear.Sc. 1891 J. Craigie Conveyancing 61:
If a feu-right is irritated ob non solutum canonem, whether in virtue of an irritant clause or under the Act 1597.Sc. 1927 Times (7 Jan.) 7:
Owing to failure to pay the feu duty the feu was irritated under a decree.
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