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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1642-1686
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(Querellable,) Quarrel(l)able, Quarrallable, adj. [Querel(l v. 3.] Capable of being challenged, contested or disputed; challengable, contestable, disputable. —1642 Orkney Rentals iii 14.
And so his right is most quarrallable 1642 Ib. 16.
Together with ane chalder off victuall payit … out off his tack quarrallable foirsaid 1674 Justiciary Ct. Rec. II 281.
Oppones the poynding and the decreet, which is only quarrelable by way of reduction 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i xix §xii (1699) 103.
It was unreasonable that it should not be quarrellable before every judge 1678 Ib. ii xxiii §xii (1699) 254.
If the verdict be quarrellable 1684 Fountainhall Decis. I 310. 1686 Mackenzie Observ. (1687) 254.
