horning
horning, n. Hist. Scots law. The denunciation of a person as an outlaw. • The term comes from the old ceremony of proclaiming a person outlawed in which the king’s messenger gave three blasts on a horn. — Also termed putting to the horn.
horning, n. Hist. Scots law. The denunciation of a person as an outlaw. • The term comes from the old ceremony of proclaiming a person outlawed in which the king’s messenger gave three blasts on a horn. — Also termed putting to the horn.
letters of horning. Hist. Scots law. An execution process in which the creditor holding a decree obtained royal letters commanding the debtor to either perform or be outlawed. See HORNING.
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