The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
As he said this, the Leddy pricked up her ears, for, exulting in her own knowledge of the law, by which she had recently so triumphed, as she thought, she became eager to know what the important piece of business could be, and replied,--  'Nae doot, it's anent the law-plea he has been brought into, on account of his property.'