letters of horning

English

Noun

letters of horning pl (plural only)

1. (law, historical, Scotland) 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.
   • 1876, A concise law dictionary by Herbert Newman Mozley and George Crispe Whiteley, barrister at law:

     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.

References

• “horning”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.