intromission
(ɪntrəʊˈmɪʃən)
[n. of action from L. intrōmittĕre to intromit: perh. immed. a. F. intromission (Paré, 16th c.).]
The action of intromitting.
1. The action of sending, letting, or putting in; insertion, introduction; admission, admittance.
| 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Defence 152 The Nouatians..denie to those that relapse..any hope of..intromission into the church. 1613 Jackson Creed ii. xvi. §4 They draw a curtaine..least further intromission of such beames might interrupt their pleasant sleepe. 1634 Peacham Gentl. Exerc. i. xviii. 59 If sight be caused by intromission, or receiving in, the forme of that which is seene, contrary species or formes should be received confusedly together. 1667 Phil. Trans. II. 519 A Moderate Intromission of Blood had well succeeded. 1727 Swift Gulliver iv. vi, For nature..intended the..orifice only for the intromission of solids and liquids. 1834 M'Murtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 415 A tube..is open at both ends for the intromission of water. 1836–9 Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 411/2 The reciprocal introduction of the organs of intromission into the vulvæ. 1883 Schaff Encycl. Rel. Knowl. 2271 What he [Swedenborg] claims to have seen and heard during his intromission into the spiritual world. |
2. Intermeddling, interference: esp. in or from Sc. Law, the action of intermeddling with the effects of another, the assuming of the possession and management of the property of another, either with or without legal authority; in the latter case called vicious intromission. Also, generally, the transactions of an agent or subordinate with the money of his employer or principal.
| 1567 Renunciation Mary Q. Scots (Holinshed), And be thir our letteris freelie, of our awin motiue will renuncis..all intromission and dispositioun of onie casualiteis, properties [etc.]. c 1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 41 Ony spuilzie or wrangous intromissioun with the saidis gudis. a 1639 Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. ii. (1677) 33 The Monks who had been trusted..with the intromission of the rents, were charged to uplift the same. 1682 Burnet Rights Princes vi. 200 Willing to discharge the Guardian for his Intromission. 1773 Erskine Inst. Law Scot. iii. ix. §49. 626 Vitious intromission..consists in apprehending the possession of, or using any moveable goods belonging to the deceased unwarrantably, or without the order of law. 1808 W. Tennant Ind. Recreat. (ed. 2) III. 75 His duties extend to..customs and excise..as well as to the collection of the land rents. For all these intromissions, he was strictly accountable to government. 1833 Act 3 & 4 Will. IV, c. 46 §59 Such collector and treasurer..shall..grant bond..for their intromissions, and for the just and faithful execution of their office. 1884 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 268 Keeping wisely aloof from all ill-timed intromission in the interior affairs. |
b. quasi-concr. (Sc. Law.) pl. Proceeds of such transactions. (Cf. earnings.)
| 1792 Spalding's Troub. Chas. I, II. 146 The monies..which the collector and his depute shall be bound to pay to them out of the first of his intromissions [original intromissioun] thereof. 1807–8 R. Bell Dict. Law Scot. s.v., Should the intromitter be obliged to impute his intromissions to the preferable title..then all his intromissions must go to extinguish the preferable debts. |