A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
Registrable, adj. [Register v. Cf. 19th c. Eng. (1802).] That may, or should be, registered. — 1681 Inverness Rec. II 289.
The … counsell appoint ane registrable discharge to be procured 1681 Stair Inst. iv xl §37.
Though the defender's debt … be not registrable, yet [etc.] 1693 Acts IX 271/2.
All writs registrable may be registrate after the death of the creditor
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