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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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Judicature, n. Also: judecatur. [e.m.E. (1530), OF. judicaTure, med. L. judicatura.] a. Judicature, jurisdiction. b. A court of judicature. —1584 Acts III. 294/2.
[That no minister] sall … accept ony place of judicature in quhatsumeuir ciuill or criminall causis [etc.]
1649 Grant Chart. 242.
And what more shall be their [the Estates'] pleasure heirin, I shall most willinglie obay, seing their judecatur is most just
1667 Dunblane Synod 54.
And if they … prove obstinate, then to delate them to the higher judicatures … of this church

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