Sc. Obs. [ad. late L. locum tenent-em: see prec.] = LIEUTENANT.
1492. Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844), I. 421. My lord Huntlie, locumtenant. Ibid. (1544), 193. For furnesing of ane thowsand horse to remain with the locumtenant on the bordouris, for resisting of our auld ennimeis of Ingland. Ibid., 194. And als thair was presentit in iugment twa writingis of the Erle of Huntlie, locumtenent generale of the north of Scotland.
Hence † Locumtenentry (Sc. -tenendry) = LIEUTENANTRY.
1544. Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844), I. 194. Within the boundis of his locumtenendry.
