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lawburrows

lawburrows noun: a writ requiring a person to give security against doing violence to another.

Noun

lawburrows (uncountable)

  1. (Scots law) A writ requiring a person to give security against doing violence to another.

Forms of lawburrows

alternative formlaw-burrows

Questions about lawburrows

What does lawburrows mean?
Lawburrows means a writ requiring a person to give security against doing violence to another.
What part of speech is lawburrows?
Lawburrows is a noun.

Words near lawburrows in the dictionary

  1. lawbots
  2. lawbreaker
  3. lawbreakers
  4. lawbreaking
  5. lawbreakings
  6. lawburrows
  7. lawclerk
  8. lawclerks
  9. lawcode
  10. lawcodes
  11. lawcourt

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