1
law
witness (in court):
(
1341-42
)
par les services a trover .ij. hommes qe presenterount etc., qe sount
appellé wytnesmen
(var.
witnesmen;
wittenesmen;
witenesmen
)
16.1 Ed III 37
♦
law
service or duty of providing a witness in court:
(
MS: s.xiv1/3
) mes la vint sire Johan de Beauchamp e ly demande puture, withernam
(var.
wutenesman
), cornage e autres services
212 (var.)
[witnesman] (s.xiv1/3)