Middle English Dictionary Entry
plētāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | plētāble adj. |
| Etymology | From plēten v.; cp. AF pledable. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a writ or plea: eligible to be heard in a certain court; pleadable.
Associated quotations
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)21 : The plees that touchen fre tenement..ben pletable [ID(1): pledables] in the same toune with outen wryt.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)29 : Whanne eny man bryngeth a wryt of ryght..that is to seye, of tenementes pleteable in the same toune, be it kept in pleyn court.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)91 : Writtes of acountes and other writtes..ben pleteable be retournys of shirrevys a forn the ballyves.