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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1478-1543
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Undesertit, -disertit, p.p. [Desert v. Cf. 18th c. Eng. undeserted (1792) not deserted.] a. Not discontinued or abandoned. b. Not dismissed or dissolved. —a. 1496 Acts Lords of Council II 28.
That the summondis that ar rasit of before undisertit or contenewit … be decydit efter the forme of the tabill 1478-1532 Acts Lords of Council II 61. —b. 1543 Reg. Morton II 284.
The haill auld tablie was callit furth and left undesertit or protestit aganis
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