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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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COUNT AND RECKONING, n.phr. Sc. law: a form of process calling on the defender to produce a full statement of his accounts and to pay any balance due (Sc. 1890 Bell Dict. Law Scot. 252).
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"Count And Reckoning n. phr.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 29 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/count_and_reckoning>
