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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Retouring, -inge, vbl. n. Also: ratowr-. [Retour v.] The action of retouring, in senses 2 a, 6, 7, 8 and 10 of Retour v.(1) 1570 Leslie 159.
Eftir the kingis retouring he causit hald ane parliament in Edinburgh(2) 1473 Acta Aud. 26/1.
The actioune … again the persounes that past vppone the seruing of the said breve for thaire … wrangwis retouringe of the samyn 1522 Acta Conc. MS XXXIII 10.
For thair manifest & wilfull errour & inordinat retouring of the said breif 1697 Dallas Stiles 487.
Serving thereof and retouring of the same to our Chancellary(3) 1497 Acta Conc. II 74.
For thare delivering and retouring that Alexander … was … a naturale ydeot 1678 Fountainhall Decis. I 6.
He as nearest of blood … had right to that money. And here a retouring the blood would do the turn(4) 1561 Reg. Privy S. V i 238/2.
Oure said souerane ladie … ratifeis … the retouring and serving of the said Mathou as air foirsaid of the saidis landis 1611 Scrymgeour Invent. 53.(5) 1499–1500 Acta Conc. II 377.
[The] wrangus retouring and delivering of the sadis landis of Glasnok til the verray valoure 1552 Linlithgow Sheriff Ct. in Fife Sheriff Ct. 395 n. (see Retour v. 10).
Retouring 1558 Inverness Sheriff Ct. MS 40b.
Thar was na mentioun maid nodyr of the ratowring of the foirsaidis landis nodir of ony sowme of monye for releeff of the samyn 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Extent.
In retouring of landes to the kingis Chancellarie 1627 Aberd. Council Lett. I 260.
The kingis maiestie can reap no benefit be the retouring of burrow lands