Definition of Dittay

1. a legal charge in Scots law [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dittay

ditrochaic
ditrochee
ditrochees
ditroite
dits
ditsier
ditsiest
ditsiness
ditsinesses
ditsy
ditt
dittander
dittanies
dittany of crete
dittay (current term)
dittays
ditted
dittied
ditties
ditting
dittit
dittmarite
ditto
ditto mark
dittoed
dittography
dittohead
dittoheads
dittoing

Literary usage of Dittay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland: Compiled from the Original Records and by Robert Pitcairn (1833)
"... of the pairt of the dittay concerning him, ... of dittay aboue writtin. SENTENCE. ... the dittay. 1 Cleanse, acquit. * Hot ashes and live-embers. ..."

2. Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland: Compiled from the Original Records and by Robert Pitcairn (1833)
"The dittay being red to the pannell, ... dittay was ... The pannell acknowledges the dittay to be of ..."

3. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... hes in the end of thame the pane of dittay, and hes nocht bene in tyme ... statutis all thay statutis that hes pane of dittay in the end, ..."

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