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Definition of Resetters
1. resetter [n] - See also: resetter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resetters
Literary usage of Resetters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1872)
"For example, resetters who bring home things stolen beyond the frontier would
carry on their trade unpunished. ..."
2. Sketch of the History of the High Constables of Edinburgh: With Notes on the by James David Marwick (1865)
"3," made liable to death and escheat of moveables, and their resetters or suppliers
for three ... Both the resetters and the reset were, by the act 1592, c. ..."
3. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council, Peter Hume Brown, Evan Whyte Melville Balfour-Melville, Henry Paton (1906)
"and other friends of Forbes would advance the required £1000, they would be
recouped from the fines on the resetters of Gair and his band (pp. 57, 58). ..."
4. A Summary of the Powers and Duties of Juries in Criminal Trials in Scotland by William Steele (1833)
"The resetters were convicted.3 In ... (1826,) it appeared that the thieves came
running into the house where the resetters lodged, and hastily threw the ..."
5. Scottish Gypsies Under the Stewarts by David MacRitchie (1894)
"In November following appears a proclamation against Egyptians and their resetters.
In December 1619, we find another proclamation against resetters of them ..."
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