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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1674-1678
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Irresponsalatie, n. Also: -ity. Insolvency. —1674 Edinburgh Testaments LXXV. 1.
In respect of the irresponsalatie of the persones debitores therin1678 Fountainhall Decis. I. 5.
If a bill had been given in ... shewing the irresponsality of the caution found