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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Prescriptioun, -scryptyowne. Altered var. of Proscriptioun n. (= the action of outlawing or banishing), with pre- for pro- as in Prescrive v.2 —c1420 Wynt. iv 2146.
Than Silla made … A tabyll off prescryptyowne [C., W. pro-] 1593 Montg. Suppl. App. 325.
The said bischope is decernit and declairit to haiwe incurrit the panis of prescriptioun
