A rare, dated Scottish legal and administrative term meaning 'not payable' or 'not able to be advanced as a loan or imprest.' An 'imprest' was a type of advance payment or loan, particularly in government or military contexts, so 'imprestable' described funds or obligations that could not be so disbursed. The word is essentially a historical legal term with no modern usage and is of interest primarily to historians of Scottish law and public finance.
The auditor noted the sum as imprestable, meaning it could not be advanced until the prior account was settled.
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(dated, Scotland, rare) Not payable.
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