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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Houff, n.2 [Dn. hof.] The court of justice at the Hague. —1701 Conv. Burghs IV. 317.
[The lord conservator] refused to compear befor the houff at the Hague at the instance of Arnold Ryx who … persewed him ther
