Middle English Dictionary Entry
quiētus est phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | quiētus est phr. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A release or discharge from debt; a receipt.
Associated quotations
- [ (1471-2) Doc.in HMC Rep.9 App.1142b : Will Faunt pro quietus est patris sui. ]
- (1427-8) RParl.5.409b : It is thoght necessaire..that thei have not theire Quietus est out of the Eschequier..unto tyme that it be enquered..of theire counsellementz and mysgovernaunce.
- (1440) *Bench Bk.3 Hull13b : Item, is ordeyned that what shirreffe brynges not Inne his quietus est withyn a yere aftre he be oute of his office shall lose to ye Comunalte c s.