Sc. Obs. [? f. the verb.] Reference of a dispute to an arbiter; arbitration; the decision of an arbiter.
1525. Sc. Act Jas. V. (1814), 293 (Jam.). Thar was compromittis maid for concord to be hade betuix the erlis of Anguss & Arane.
1559. in Tytler, Hist. Scot. (1864), III. 391. Upon compromitt made betwixt them and the lords sent from the queens grace regent.
c. 1575. Sir J. Balfour, Practicks (1754), 180. Ane minor … cannot consent to ane compromit.
1609. Skene, Reg. Maj., 20. In how many arbiters ane compromit sould be made. Ibid., 21. Ane compromit receaves na execution, nor obedience: Except ane pane be adjoined and conteined in it.
