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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Visnet, n. [OF visnet (visné), med. L. visnetum, vicinetum (both 12th c. in Latham).] Those required to function as the members of an assise or court. = Suto(u)r n. 1, the legal system including this practice. — 14.. Acts I 56/2.
Na Galowa man aw to haf visnet [L. visnetum] bot gif he refus the law of Galowa and ask visnet 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Visnetvm.
Visnetvm, from the French word voisin, nichtbour, quasi voisinetum or vicenetum, from vicinus, ane quha dwellis neare vnto ane vther … from the quhilk cummis the French word vsed in the English lawes vicinage, and in the lawes of this realme, assisa de vicineto, is ane assise of nichtbours