‖ oblata, n. pl. Law.
(ɒˈbleɪtə)
[L., neut. pl. of oblātus, used absol.: see oblate n.1]
See quot. 1670. (In quot. 1761, erron. pl. oblatas.)
| 1658 Fanshawe Pract. Exchequer Crt. 78 (Heading) Oblata or old Debts. He maketh oblata the next title of the Charge of the Sheriff. 1670 Blount Law Dict., Oblata,..in the Exchequer it signifies old Debts, brought, as it were together from precedent years, and put to the present Sheriff's charge... Also Gifts or Oblations made to the King by any of his Subjects; which were..entered in the Fine Rolls under the Title Oblata; and, if not paid, estreated, and put in charge to the Sheriffs. 1761 Hume Hist. Eng. I. App. ii. 257 Fines, amerciaments, and oblatas. 1848 in Wharton Law Lex. |