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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1666-1678
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Invalidat(e, p.p. [Cf. e.m.E. invalidate v., pres. t. (1649).] Rendered legally invalid or null. — 1666 Decis. Lords G. 124.
An infeftment of warrandice lands … ought not to be invalidat for want of possession 1678 Justiciary Rec. II. 314.
It being … [a case] in which oaths cannot be taken by law, renders the confession null and invalidate
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