viscontal (s.xiiiex)

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viscontal (s.xiiiex)

viscontel,  viscontiel,  viscountal,  viscountell,  viscountiell;  vescuntal  

a.

1lawviscontial, to be carried out, executed by the sheriff
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  cest action q'est viscountal e pledable en contie  78
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  ... brefs vescuntals [...] qe sunt pledables par returns des vescuntes devaunt les baillifs  90
( 1321 )  Nous ne clamouns mie a pleder chescune manere des pleez devant nos vicontes, mes pleez viscontales  Ed II xxvi 252

s.

1lawviscontial writ (writ triable in the sheriff's court)
( 1302 )  le vee est proprement un viscontal  30-31 Ed I 223
( MS: c.1310 )  de molin, gorz, forne, longayne et autres semblables qe sont viscountals, homme deit counter  204
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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