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letter of relaxation en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:Scots law) A letter passing the signet, whereby a debtor is relieved from personal diligence, or whereby an outlaw is reponed against sentence of outlawry.
    • Do you think that the state of the exchanges is that which ought to guide the discretion of the Government, with reference to the issue of a similar letter of relaxation? 1858, Samuel Jones-Loyd Overstone, Overstone Tracts on Metallic and Paper Currency:

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