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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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