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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TACITURNITY, n. Sc. Law: the silence of a creditor in regard to a debt or obligation over a period short of that necessary for Prescription, which can be pleaded in extinction of the debt or obligation on the inference that the creditor has either abandoned his claim or has had it satisfied in some way (Sc. 1899 W. K. Morton Manual 330, 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 88).Sc. 1754 Erskine Principles Index:
Taciturnity, sometimes extinguishes obligations, and delinquencies.Sc. 1849 Session Cases (1849–50) 276:
The representation of a party deceased was held barred by taciturnity from insisting in a claim of accounting.Sc. 1930 Encycl. Laws Scot. X. 90:
The correct expression of the plea is “the action is barred by mora, taciturnity, and acquiescence.”