Obs. [ad. med.L. laud-um, vbl. sb. f. laudāre (LAUD v.), used in the extended sense ‘to give a judgment upon.’] Decision, judgment.
c. 1465. Eng. Chron. (Camden, 1856), 77. After long trete bothe partyes submytted theym to the laude and arbytrement of the kyng.
1542. Sc. Acts Mary (1814), II. 416. To here and se þe decrete laude and sentence of forfaltour gevin.
