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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1680-1686
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Caduciar, a. [Irreg. for caducar, L. cadūcārius f. cadūcus: see Caduc,a. Cf. mod. Eng. caducary (1768), caduciary (1757).] Succeeding by reason of lapse. — 1680-6 Lauder Observes 96.
The airs … ware now moving to be reponed to the rents, as caduciar, the Society being dissolved
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