letter of relaxation

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English

Noun

letter of relaxation (plural letters of relaxation)

  1. (Scots 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?

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