essoin

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To excuse for failure to appear in court.

   “I'll not essoin thee.”

2. isim An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.

   “[W]ith Rejoinders and Replies, / Long Bills, and Anſvvers, ſtuft vvith Lies, / Demurr, Imparlance, and Eſſoign, / The Parties ne'er could Iſſue join: / For Sixteen Years the Cauſe vvas ſpun, / And then ſtood vvhere it firſt begun.”

3. isim Excuse; exemption.

   “From euery worke he chalenged essoyne.”