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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1385-1490, 1549-1568
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Determinatioun, -acioun, n. Also: -ynacioune, -acion; -inacyoun, -acioune, -atione. [ME. determinacioun (1395), -acion, etc., OF. determination, L. dēterminātio.]
1. Judicial or formal decision or settlement of a matter.1385 Red Bk. Grandtully I. 139*.
At the forsayde … wes oblyste … to haide my determinacyoun and ordenans of the cause before wrytyn c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1321.
To determinacioun Of it … Thai thaime submittede vtterly 1410 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 30.
The court delait the determinatioun till ane othir court c1420 Wynt. viii. 560.
Be swilk custwme … The rycht off that successyown Suld hawe determynatyown 1456 Hay I. 253/8.
It was determynit be hale consent and determinacioun of the realme, that [etc.] 1478 Acts Lords of Council 6/2.
The summondis … for errour and wrangwis determinacion in the seruing of the said bref c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 38/23.
The determinacoun of the tyme of fasting … is commandit be the kirk 1551 Hamilton Catechism 5.
Agreand to the decisiouns & determinatiouns of general counsallis 1562-3 Winȝet II. 63/24.
Euir thai … irkeis of the determinationis of antiquitie
2. Termination or limitation.1549 Complaynte of Scotland 56/24.
The speculatione … of mennis ingyne culd neuyr consaue ane final determinatione of the soune, mune, and of the sternis
3. Resolution; firm intention.1568 Argyll Fam. Lett. 8.
I sall … nother ball [? balk] nor hinder your gud determinatioun
