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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Imprisonment, n. Also: imprisone-. [e.m.E. imprisonment (1513), ME. inprisonment (1415). Cf. Impresounment.] Imprisonment. —1567 Acts III. 25/2.
The … dayis of thair imprisonment salbe doublit 1595 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 145.
Under the payne of … imprisonment of thair persouns within ane close waird … for aucht dayes
