Abiding By
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Scotch law
A judicial declaration that the party abides by the deed on which he founds, in an action where the deed or writing is attacked as forged. Unless this is done, a decree that the deed is false will be pronounced. Paterson, Comp. It has the effect of pledging the party to stand the consequences of founding on a forged deed. Bell, Diet.