quittance

Example Sentences

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We have disregarded our oaths; upon her head be our perfidy; receive her in quittance of our debt to thee.

From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.

I have been with the governor, who is full of rejoicing at this unexpected quittance of the Bruce and his host of wolves.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various

Of course Herr Simon will require from these heirs a receipt for the sum handed them, and a quittance of all further claims.

From Quicksands by Streckfuss, Adolph

Having paid quittance, he was at liberty to be absorbed in his books.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend

We will acknowledge your title as good, and we will demand of you quittance for the above sum, which you will grant us as king of France.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin