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Quotation dates: 1582, 1694-1699
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Retrotract, v.1 Also ? erroneous form: retroact. [Retro- and -tract, as in Retract v.2] tr. To withdraw, retract. — 1582 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs I 159.
Oure … souerane lord … sall … mak all takis … of the saidis customes … to be retroactitt, annullitt, and extinct 1694 Fountainhall Decis. I 651.
Some of the Lords thought the obligation retrotracted whenever the condition was fulfilled 1699 Ib. II 67.
Any new gift impetrate from his majesty cannot be retrotracted to support a process raised before the date thereof
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