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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1511
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Pertinen(e. ? Shortened f. Pertinent n.; or ? anomalous sing., f. Pertinence n. taken as plur. — 14.. Burgh Laws c. 104 (A).
A principal bede with the schetis & the pertinene 14.. Quoniam Attachiamenta c. 41.
A … peis of land with the pertinene 14.. Regiam Majestatem c. 48.
The quhilk pertinene he had nocht … in his lordschip 1488 Rec. Earld. Orkney 333.
With all rychtwise pertinen that pertenis 1511 Prestwick B. Rec. 42.
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