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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Illegitimacioun, n. [e.m.E. illegitimation (1553). 16th c. F. illégitimation, med. L. illegitimatio.] The act of declaring illegitimate. —1495 Acta Conc. 427/2.
Consedering the mater of illegitimacioun of the said Elizabethe was depending in the court of Rome
