In old English law, an essoin (/ɪˈsɔɪn/, /ɛˈsɔɪn/, Anglo-Norman, from Old French: essoignier, "to excuse"[1]) is an excuse for nonappearance in court.
The person sent to deliver the excuse to the court is an essoiner or essoineur.
[2] There were several kinds of essoins in common law in the Middle Ages:[3] Essoins were originally received at court on essoin day, the first day of the term of the court.
Essoins, and the day to which proceedings had as a result been adjourned, would be entered on an essoin roll.
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