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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Provatio(u)n. Altered (or ? erron.) var. of Probatio(u)n(e n., conformed to Prove v. —1641 Judiciary Cases II 451.
And eftir provatioun it was fund that the samyn was nocht accidentall bot wilfull murthour 1669 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. MS 21 Aug.
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