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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Indyt(e)ment, -ditement, n.¹ Also: inditment.  [ME. indytement (c 1440), e.m.E. indictment (16th c.).] An indictment. 14.. Acts I. 73/2.
Throu the vereyng of that ilke inquest of indytments 1462 Cal. Reg. H. Chart. MS. Suppl.
That the indytement of the saide parischin of Lethnot … sal remane with the fredom of Dunde a1500 Henr. Fab. 1265.
Ane fals crownar Quhilk hes ane portioun [B. porteous] of the inditement 1491 Acts II. 230/1.
The iustice clerkis in taking of all inditmentis ... of the ... concelaris of the said ... thessaure c1615 Chron. Kings 32.
Conranus … institutitt the ordinance of inquisicioun, callit in Scottis, indytment or dittay 1673 Rec. Justiciary Ct. II. 165.
The indytment is opponed being positive as to the pannel's guiltiness 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. ii. xxi. § 2.
An inditement should be most curiously and certainly penn'd 1692 Urie Baron Ct. 101.
The … procurator fiscall gave in ane indytement against … John Buchane … for his stealing … of certain peattis