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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1554, 1644
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Deducing, vbl. n. [Deduce v. 1.] Conducting (of a process). — 1554 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 207.
Quhen neid is that money man be debursit in the saidis pleis … of [= for] the deducing of the proces 1644 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 13.
The deduceing of the proces of compryseing of the lands belonging to sir John Gordon of Haddo
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