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subarratio

subarratio [LL subarrare+-tio] 1 a (act of giving) dowry or brideprice, engagement (for marriage). b pledge (of money or sim.), deposit, surety, down payment, earnest. a W. de A. ‥ dicit se nichil scire de verbis contractus nisi t'm'o de subarracione. de aliis concordat cum R. de A. IPM Hen. III 45/8; dicuntur ‘arre’ ‥ res dande sponse per sponsum; que dacio ~o dicitur Man. Sal. 46.  b 1283 in ~one solverunt eis xxviij et xij m. SelPlJews 126. 2 threat. s1169 fortasse, quia nemo repente fit summus, hec ejus fuerunt ~onis tormenta precurrentia ad illius animum solidandum et perferendas injurias, quousque strictis ensibus ad martirii gloriam pertingeret cui nondum fuerat certus locus martirii deputatus M. Par. Min. I 351.

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