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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1575
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Undefendant, pres. p. [17th c. Eng. undefending (1651); Defend v.] intr. Making no defence. — c1575 Balfour Pract. 295.
The defendar … may not be amerciat be the judge, or challengit, as undefendant, sa lang as he defendis and schawis that he has done na injurie
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