Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Scots law, the obligation by which a party conveying a subject or right is bound to indemnify the grantee, dis-ponee, or receiver of the right in case of eviction, or of real claims or burdens being made effectual against the subject, arising out of obligations or transactions antecedent to the date of the conveyance; warranty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Scots Law) The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law A form of
warranty , in Scots law, in which a personconveying property was held liable for any outstandingclaims on the property
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Examples
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There were four men who were willing to give warrandice that their horses had turned with them and refused to pass the place.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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"I have Rankeillor's word for it," said Mr. Balfour, "and I count that a warrandice against all deadly."
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'Never fear, I'se be caution for them; I'se gie you my personal warrandice.
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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'Never fear, I'se be caution for them; I'se gie you my personal warrandice.
Waverley — Volume 2 Walter Scott 1801
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'Never fear, I'se be caution for them; I'se gie you my personal warrandice.
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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No appearance of smoke, and absolute warrandice against my dreaded enemies, bugs.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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'Never fear, I'se be caution for them -- I'se gie you my personal warrandice -- ten thousand a year! it dings Balmawhapple out and out -- a year's rent's worth a' Balmawhapple, fee and life-rent!
Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801
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For it is not to be understood of itself that the owner, besides the use of the thing, which he has granted to the receiver, and the detriment that is inseparable from such use, also gives a guarantee or warrandice against all damage that may arise from such use.
The Science of Right 1790
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‘Never fear, I’se be caution for them; I’se gie you my personal warrandice.
Waverley 2004
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