Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Traistis

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In old Scotch law. A roll containing the particular dittay taken up upon malefactors, which, with the porteous, is delivered by the justice clerk to the coroner, to the eflfect that the persons whose names are contained in the porteous may be attached, conform to the dittay contained in the traistis. So called because committed to the traist [trust], faith, and credit of the clerks and coroner. Skene de Verb. Sign.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old Scotch law. A roll containing the particular dittay taken up upon malefactors, which, with the porteous, is delivered by the justice clerk to the coroner, to the effect that the persons whose names are contained in the porteous may be attached, conform to the dittay contained in the traistis. So called, because committed to the tradst, [trust,] faith, and credit of the clerks and coroner. Skene; BurrllL