“Yet sometimes, after tender and refusal of a debt, if the creditor harasses his debtor with an action, it then becomes necessary for the defendant to acknowledge the debt, and plead the tender; adding, that … he is still ready, uncore prist, to discharge it ….” 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 303 (1768).
uncore prist
uncore prist ([schwa]n[g]-kor prist). [Law French “still ready”] Hist. A plea by which a party alleges readiness to pay or perform what is justly demanded.