Scottish legal term; to absolve or acquit someone of a charge; variant of assoil.
Scottish variant of 'assoil,' reflecting Scots language's preservation of older forms and its own phonetic evolution. The '-zie' ending is characteristic of Scots verbal forms.
Scottish law kept this word alive long after it died in English—the Scottish legal system still uses Latin terminology and archaic words, making it a living museum of medieval legal language.
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