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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1677
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Superiorac, n. (? Erron. for Superio(u)r n. 1.) —1677 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. III 195.
That one having apprised his debtor's land, charged the superior to enter him, who delayed; medio tempore the debtor dies; the lands holding ward, and the superiorac claiming the ward