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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1673-1674

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Ratihabiter, n. [Ratihabit v.] One who sanctions or approves a crime. = Ratifier n. —1673 Justiciary Ct. Rec. II 147.
If meer words which seemed to own the deeds were sufficient most part of the lieges should be still ratihabiters 1674 Ib. 220.

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