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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1678
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Dismembratione, n. [e.m.E. (1653).] = Demembration. — (1678) Lauder Observes 282.
The said Act declares dismembratione to be only punished as slaughter, when it proceeds upon forethought felonie
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