Fyle
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or FFYLE (Scotch).
In old Scotch practice. To declare or find guilty; literally, to defile; to make or declare foul; as clenge was to acquit, literally to clean or cleanse. "Swa that he quha, of his conscience, can nocht clenge, he of neccessitie mon fyle." 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 314. "The assjise in ane voce ffylis the said R. W." 2 Pitc. Crim. Tr. 73,
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
fl^le, sc.
In old Scots law. To declare or find guilty; literally, to defile; to make or declare foul: as clenge was to acquit, literally to clean or cleanse. Fylit: found guilty.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old Scotch law. To defile; to declare toul or defiled. Hence, to find a prisoner guilty.