Sc. Obs. [ad. older F. voluntaire or L. voluntār-ius VOLUNTARY a.: see -AR2.] Freely undertaken or given; voluntary.
1581. J. Hamilton, in Cath. Tract. (S.T.S.), 80. [He] hes … sufferit voluntar baneisment out of his natiue cuntrie thir monie yeris bypast.
1619. Burgh Rec. Aberdeen (1845), II. 361. That a voluntar contributioun be crawit to that effect.
1640–1. Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855), 75. The voluntar contribution that is … collected within your bounds.
1678. Sir G. Mackenzie, Crim. Laws Scot., I. i. § 4 (1699), 5. Seing man can only offend in what is voluntar to him.
