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Sens(e)ment, n. Also: senc(e)ment, sensiment, sensyment, senciment, sencyment, sensament, sensument, sensiament. [OF sensement (1190 in Greimas) ‘judgement, opinion’, f. censer to give a decision. Cf. Cens(e)ment n.] (A) judgement, decision, verdict by (of a court, etc.).(a) 1432 Ayr B. Ct. (28 July).
The sensment wes deferrit to the nex curt 1479 Acts II 125/2.
Oure said souuerain lord be his chancelere … askit a sensment & award of the said parliament 1481 Fam. Rose 143.
I sal … vnderly ane sensment, knawlege ande delyuerans of myn saide lorde and his famous consaill 1488 Crim. Trials I 8.
It is fundin be sensment of Parliament, that [etc.] 1522 Dundee B. Ct. I fol. 89b (15 May).
The said Robert present in jugisment offerand reddy till vnderly ane sensment of ane assis in the said actoune 1584 St. A. Kirk S. 524.
That sche may thoill the sencment [ed. sentment] of ane condigne assyis(b) 1482 Acts II 143/1.
Be a sensement decretit & deliuerit a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 494.
Pilat … be the law wes iustice in that art, In caus of blude to schaw the sencement [ed. sentement] 1533 Boece 572.
Gif ony knicht wald impreif my sensement be armez … lat him incontinent tak the feild 1540 Acts II 404/1. 1561 St. A. Kirk S. 131.
The consall and sencement [ed. sentement] of the ministerie of Sanctandrois heirin had and hard 1579 Inverness Rec. I 268.
Summitting thame to the jurisdictioun decreit and sencement [ed. sentement] of the provest [etc.] 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 15b.
In thir … opinions quhilk are discrepant from the veritie … and treu sensement of the kirk a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1804) 37.
Bot as concerning the honor, I refer it to the sensement [1825 censement] of the indifferent reedar(c) a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 197 (Asl.).
For as ȝe serf ȝe sall haf sensyment a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 743 (Asl.).
That saire sensyment is sa superlatif I lak gud langage thar panes till expreme 1513 Doug. xi v 89.
And be the contrar mony sensymentis For Turnus schawys evident argumentis [L. Multa simul contra variis sententia dictis Pro Turno] a1538 Abell 58b.
And eftir altercatioun in sencyment betwix Culinan & Albian all consentit to the lig 1540 Elgin Rec. I 53.
The saidis parties desirit ane sensiment 1554 Dundee B. Ct. II fol. 331b (28 Aug.).
The jugis assignis be sensiment of interloquitur this day fyftene dayes gyf it be lauchfull … to Williem Kinloche to geve in jugisment his ressonis 1584 St. A. Kirk S. 548.
Senciment [ed. sentiment] 1671 Lauder Jrnl. 217.
I'le have the senciment [ed. sentiment] of the haill 14 lords on it 1695 Annandale Corr. 109.
It is hard as yet to give any cleare senciment [ed. sentiment] what may be the ishew of all(d) 1543 Corr. M. Lorraine 51.
Gif I have committit ony faltis I am content glaidly to underly the sensament therof 1563 Melville Chart. 102.
The haill roll and sensament of court, or act of adiornale 1584 Crim. Trials I ii 113.
The quhilk desyir the saidis thrie Estatis thocht verie reasounable, and be sensament of Parliament, thocht the same to be done(e) a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 94 (Arund.).
In the sait quhair he gaif sensument [Asl. sensyment, H. sensment](f) 1548 Reg. Privy S. IV 1/1.
Throw his being convict throw sensiament of court in jugement for certane crymes 1558 Acts II 521/1.
The said pretendit proces sensiament and dome wes evill wranguuslie & inordourlie gevin 1582 Reg. Privy C. III 514.
The said Sir James standis forfaltit be the sensiament of the Thre Estaittis in Parliament