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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1600
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(Prevent,) Preventhe, n. (Unless simply misread for Preventio(u)n; f. Preventv.: ? an interposition of judicial authority as an exercise of the right of ‘prevention’ (Preventio(u)n n. c and cf. also Prevene v. 8).) —1600 Fraser P. 232.
All & sindrie our men [etc.] … quhair evir thei be arreistit … to reduce replage againe bring and borrow and therupoun borrowis & preventhes eftir the forme of law to find
