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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Imixtion, n. [e.m.E. immixion (1653) mixing in, f. L. immixt-, p.p. stem of immiscēre to mix in, intermix, mingle, meddle.] Concerning oneself or meddling with property etc., interposition, intervention. = Intromissioun n. —1678 Fountainhall Decis. I. 3.
The heir after immixtion should be permitted to abstain and be only liable in quantum ad eum pervenit
1697 Ib. 789.
So as it be a real adition or immixtion and not a presumptive one
1698 Ib. 818.

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