Lord, sic ane schout was thame amang Quhen thai were ower the wald[782], Thair west, Of Peblis to the play!
Goodenough, on his examination after the battle of Sedgemoor, said, "The Schout of Amsterdam was a particular friend to this last design.
The scherprechter, or hangman, was included with the superintendent, the schout fiscaal, or sheriff, and the magistrates as part of the manorial court system.
As usual the Dutch had been the aggressors, for Van Dyck, formerly schout fiscaal, had shot and killed an old Indian woman who was picking peaches in his orchard.
From the nominations thus made the council would select three magistrates for each town, and for the six towns collectively a schout and secretary.
The Schout of Dendermonde hath refused to allow us out of this city until we have proved to his satisfaction that we are neither spies of the Prince of Orange, nor emissaries of the Queen of England.
Schout or Schepen denying justice to a complainant, shall, until reparation, hold no tribunal again.
If an outsider has a complaint against a burgher, the Schepens and Schout must arrange it.
The Schout could only make arrests with the Burgomaster's warrant, and was obliged to bring the accused, within three days, before the judges, whose courts were open to the public.
With that all haill a schout thai geve, And cryit, "On hym!
Than with a schout on thame schot thai, Cryand on hicht, "Douglas!
The schout of the village was fined fifty pounds for allowing him to preach in his house.
The Widow Cloos had come but recently from Holland, sent out by charity at the instance of her brother, Van Swearingen, the schout or bailiff of New Amstel colony.
The next day Schout Van Swearingen, the great dignitary, came in and said to Nanking: "As you are a big idiot and good for nothing else, I will give you an office.
Was it not to stop that which brought the mighty Director Stuyvesant hither with the great schout of New Amsterdam, worshipful Peter Tonneman?
Then the Schout struck his long official staff on the ground, and went off in a grand manner to frighten debtors.
The schout was afterwards authorized "to fill and execute the office of auctioneer.
Your Honors' servants and subjects, the Schout and Schepens of the village aforesaid.
Teunissen was called "Schout of Breuckelen" before this date.
The people of the new village then selected six of their men, from which the governor chose three, to be magistrates, the town remaining subject to the schout of Breuckelen, Amersfoort, and Midwout.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "schout" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
