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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1687
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Redhibition, n. [F. rédhibition (14th c. in Wartburg), L. redhibitiōn-, n. of action f. redhibēre to take back or give back. In Eng., only in Blount's Glossography (1656), after Cotgrave: ‘the nature of the evidence leaves it doubtful whether the word has ever been actually in English use’ (OED).] The action of giving back; restitution. —1687 Fountainhall Decis. I 462.
And that law gives only six months for redhibition
