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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1565, 1632-1633
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Sedent, adj. [L. sedent-, pres. p. stem of sedēre to sit. Cf. 17th c. Eng. sedent (1682).] The lordis sedentis those lords of session present and sitting to hear causes on a particular occasion. —1565 Instit. Ct. Sess. in Edinb. Univ. MS La.iii.388a fol. 2b.
The saidis senatouris that … convenis nocht in the said counsalhous at the houris foirsaidis … sall nocht be brevit nor writtin amangis the lordis sedentis a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 15.
Whosoever cam in laitter [than 8 a.m. to the session] … gatt no part of the quotidian distribution; and wer not brevit nor written amongst the lords sedents, bot beneath them
