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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Taxable, adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. taxable (1474), AF taxable.] ? Assessed as eligible. —1652 Lesmahagow Ann. 86.
Mr. John Hume, minister, gave in some reasons against the laird of Blackwood, proving that he was not taxable to be ane elder, which he promised to prove by the act of the Commission of the Kirk
