Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1752-1798, 1878, 1930
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EXPIRY, n. Of time, contracts, etc.: termination = Eng. expiration (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 217).Sc. 1752 J. Louthian Process 272:
No Decreet shall be extracted till after the Expiry of six free Days.Sc. 1798 Monthly Mag. (Dec.) 436:
After the expiry of a year.Sc. 1878 W. Black Green Pastures xxxii.:
At the expiry of her year of banishment.Sc. 1930 Green's Encycl. IX. 84:
Where the let exceeds four months, by notice given at least forty days before the expiry of the let.
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