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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DESIGN, v. Sc. law: to assign something (to a person); to bestow, grant. Obs. since 18th cent. in Eng. Hence designation, the setting apart of manses and glebes by the presbytery (see quots.).Sc. 1864 Daily Review (14 Nov.):
The minister of Dalgety in 1862 . . . stating . . . that . . . he was entitled to have grass designed to him for the support of a horse . . . and praying the Presbytery to make the necessary designation accordingly.Sc. 1890 Bell Dict. Law Scot. 320/2:
Manses and glebes for the clergy are designed, or set apart, from the church lands in the parish, by the presbytery of the bounds. . . . After a designation by the presbytery, if the possessors of the lands, designed for manse or glebe, do not yield possession to the minister, he . . . may obtain warrant for letters of horning.