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letters of horning en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Scotland, historical, plural, plural-only) The process or authority by which a person, directed by the decree of a court of justice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply.
In untechnical language, we may describe letters of horning as the authority by which a person, directed by the decree of a court of justice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply therewith.
1876, A concise law dictionary by Herbert Newman Mozley and George Crispe Whiteley, barrister at law: