Obs. [ad. L. cassus empty, void, vain. Cf. CASS v. The word in quot. 1549 may be meant for F. cassés.] a. Dismissed, cashiered. b. Void, null.
1549. Ld. Prot. Somerset, to Sir P. Hoby, 24 Aug. (cf. Strype, Eccl. Mem., II. App. EE.). The Ruffens among them and Souldyeres Cases wh. be the chefe docres.
a. 1651. Calderwood, Hist. Kirk (1843), II. 228. The sentence pronounced by the said Bishop of Rosse against the said James, in pœna contumaciæ, to be casse and null.
