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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Enteres, n.² Also: enteresse, -ese, -ys. [ME. enteresse, -es (15th c.), var. of interesse Interes n.]

1. Interest in ownership or possession. 1472 Lennox Mun. 91.
Gyff I had enterit vpone her enterys or possessioun or persewit thai landys quhill his hame cumyng 1479 Acta Conc. 22/1.
Nocht withstanding ony enteresse the lard of Vgstoun has gottin in the kingis tender age 1496 Ib. II. 5.
The Erle of Buchane has comperit … allegiand him til haf enteres in the sade mater 1533 Bell. Livy II. 6/15.
Nochtwithstanding the absence of Virgineus, or ony vthir pretending enteres thareto, he will procede … as law and ressoun will 1568 Buch. Indict. 43.
Without respect … to hir sonne now our soverane lordis rycht and enteres 1615 Lett. & St. P. Jas. VI 254.
The question can not be setled bot in presence of the pairtyes having enteresse 1622-6 Bisset II. 93/27.
It wes alledged … that the said laird had na enterese to persew the said actioun 1639 Baillie I. 241.
A matter of such weght, and wher I have so grit enteresse 1654 in Jedburgh Gazette 7 July 1916, 3/4.
All uthers haveand or pretendand to have enteres in the samyne [lands]

2. Compensation for loss or injury. 1531 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 48.
In that cais, scho micht haue all dammage and enteres that scho has incurrit … be reson of brekin of the said contract 1580 Wemyss of Bogie MSS.
[To] keip skaythles the said George … of all damnage, enteres or skaytht that may be socht 1622-6 Bisset I. 136/21.
They … man delyver the samin [evidents] to the perseware, or ellis the enteres that may be … estimate throw the want of the said evidentis