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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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†PREMONITION, n. Sc. Law usage: an official notification or warning, due notice, esp. in phr. instrument of premonition, “a formal notification to the creditor made by the debtor in a wadset to appear at a place agreed and receive payment of the debt” (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 67).Sc. 1732 Session Papers, Robertson v. Campbell (24 Jan.) 5:
The Instrument of Premonition and Consignation used against him, are in Process.Sc. 1754 Erskine Principles ii. viii. § 6:
If the reverser would redeem his lands, he must use an order of redemption against the wadsetter; the first step of which, is premonition (or notice given under form of instrument) to the wadsetter, to appear at the time and place appointed by the reversion, then and there to receive payment of his debt, and thereupon to renounce his right of wadset.