letter of relaxation
English
Noun
letter of relaxation (plural letters of relaxation)
- (Scotland, law) A letter passing the signet, whereby a debtor is relieved from personal diligence, or whereby an outlaw is reponed against sentence of outlawry.
- 1858: Samuel Jones-Loyd Overstone, Overstone Tracts on Metallic and Paper Currency
- 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
References
- letter of relaxation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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