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Definition of Spuilzie
1. n. See Spulzie.
Definition of Spuilzie
1. Noun. (obsolete form of spulzie) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spuilzie
1. to plunder [v SPUILZIED, SPUILZIEING, SPUILZIES] - See also: plunder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spuilzie
Literary usage of Spuilzie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"... demand to simple restitution, he cannot afterwards sue for the violent profits,
though three years should not be elapsed after committing the spuilzie. ..."
2. The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland, in the by John Spalding (1829)
"... pistols, and other highland arms, and first began to rob and spuilzie the
earl's tenants who laboured their possessions, of their haill goods, gear, ..."
3. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of the by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1842)
"... with the spuilzie by Robertson; and the bank were not entitled to make any
stipulation with regard to it. ..."
4. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1848)
"The defenders in the process of spuilzie, besides the objection of non-registration,
had an objection that the sasine was null as to the ..."
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