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Quotation dates: 1420, 1499-1500, 1558-1597, 1661-1698
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Disponar, Disponer, n. [f. Dispone v.] One who dispones; a giver, donor, or distributer. a1500 Bernardus 330.
Haf thow sonnis, … Thow mak tham nocht disponeris of thi gude c1420 Wynt. v. 2332 (E).
He than made hym … disponar Off althe gud and the tresore 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 151.
The procuraris, disponaris and upsteraris of sick monsterus farssis a1568 Bannatyne MS 144 b/35.
Disponar he is of benefyis In to this realme our all the land 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Annvell.
Of the quhilk tenement the propertie remains with the disponer a 1662 D. Dickson Pract. Writ. (1845) I. 229.
The disponer of the inheritance 1698 Dalrymple Decis. 4.
The disponer having thereafter granted a bond
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