DYVOUR, in Scots law; otherwise Bare-man: A
person who, being involved in debt, and unable to pay the same,—for avoiding imprisonment and other pains, makes cession of his effects in favour of his creditors; and does his devoir and duty to them, proclaiming himself bare man and indigent, and becoming debt-bound to them of all that he has. The word is used in the same sense as BANKRUPT: see that article; and LAW No clxxxv, 11, 12. clxxii. 10, 11, 12, &c.