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Quotation dates: 1413
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(Joint-,) Joynte-fyffare, n. [Cf. Feftour an infefter and ME. feffour (1426) a feoffee.] The holder of a joint-infeftment. — 1413 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 364.
In to the whilke landys Dame Elizabeth … the wyffe whilum of Sir Alexander Frasare is joynte fyffare as now
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