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Quotation dates: 1573, 1660-1683
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(Style-buke,) Style-book, Stile-buik, -book, n. [Styl(e n. 1 and Buke n.] a. Appar. a note-book or record book containing drafts of legal transactions or records of parliamentary happenings. b. A book containing examples of the correct wording of legal documents, a legal formulary.a., b. 1573 Glasgow Protocols Abstracts VII 18.
William Maxuell [etc.] … chosin to divide twa tenementis … be vertu of ane breif of divisioun raisit at the instance of Johne Gilmour … , delt and dividit the samyn in thre equall pairtis as is contenit at lentht in the divisioun registrat in my stile buik subscrivit with my hand 1660 Lennoxlove MS (The Duke of Hamilton) C1/8418.
Seek out my Lord Duke William's registers [as secretary of state for Scotland] and send to me, for I have gott the seales from the King but not so much as a stile book 1665 Edinburgh Testaments LXXI 392.
In the laich waster chamber … ane great byble Calvines Institutione, ane style book [etc.] 1672 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. II 705.
The style-book of a writer young man called Patrick Falconer 1677 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. III 173.
See sundry excellent clauses of tailyies in a style-book beside me 1683 Erskine Diary 19.
This was the first day of the session. I began to write my stile book this day
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