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namatio

namatio, ~iatio [cf. namare] , (leg., act of) seizing as pledge or surety, distraint: a (of person); b (of livestock); c (of land); d (of money or moveable property). a 1258 si aliquis burgensium ‥ namietur pro vicino suo . ‥ et si extra regnum Anglie namiatus fuerit ‥ satisfaciat dicto namiato super ~iatione illa infra quadraginta dies (Grimsby) BBC 233.  b 1473 pro expensis factis circa induccionem et ~acionem lv martarum receptarum ab abbate de D. pro certa summa ‥ regi debita ExchScot 164.  c c1390 per terciam nammiacionem tunc per ejus defaltam terra capietur in manum domini Lib. Kilken. 75; 1451 asserit Johannem Verty, factorem Thome Ogilvy, ipsum super ~acionem dictarum terrarum deforciasse ExchScot 450; 1466 ~acio terrarum ‥ pro annuo redditu debito monasterio Reg. Aberbr. II 152.  d c1360 per bonorum ~acionem et districcionem Reg. Moray 159.

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