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(Unlauchfulnes,) Wnlauchfullness, n. [ME and e.m.E. vnleefulnesse (Wyclif), vnlefulnesse (c1475), vnlawfulness (c1500); Lauchfulnes n.] Illegality. — 1639 Aberd. B. Rec. III 168.
Notwithstanding of all the reasones thay culd bring or alledge againes the wnlauchfullness of suche chairges
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