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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Procede,) Proceid, irreg. or erron. var. of Preced(e v.1 3 b (to take precedence). —1675 Edinb. B. Rec. X 245.
But the provests preceidencie extends no further then within the precinct … of the good toune nor does it from this follow that therefore the lord provest should not proceid within the good toune
