† ˈsoverty Sc. Obs.
Also 5–6 souerte, 6 -tee, -tie, souirte, 6–7 sovertie.
[Cf. sover a. and surety.]
1. Surety.
| c 1470 Henry Wallace iii. 414 A herald..chargyt him tak souerte of Wallas, [that] He suld him kepe fra merket toune or fair. 1501 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. II. 116 Giffin to Ternway pursewant passand with lettrez to tak souertee of the Lord Cathkerth,..xiiij s. 1552 Lyndesay Monarche 4731 Thare it moste remane ane quhyle, Tyll thay gett sufficient souerte For thare kirk rycht and dewite. 1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1843) II. 230 Patrik Cranstoun and Andrew Armestrang were summouned to find sovertie to underly the law. 1678 Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. ii. (1699) 235 Six days being by-past, and the Soverty not being found. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 86 That he come and find the said Caution and Soverty, acted in Manner foresaid. |
2. A person who becomes surety.
| 1517 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. V. 98 Item,..to Eicht, messinger, to ryd agane to Coldinghame, Duns, and Laudar, to cers and sek George Howme with souerties undir payne of hornyng. 1566 Mary Q. of Scots in 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. 609/2 The souirties ye knaw mon be Lawland men and not of the gretast of our nobilitie. 1580 Excheq. Rolls Scot. XXI. 543 Mathow Stewart..as cautioner and sovertie for Johne Cuninghame. |