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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1598
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Unrehabled, p.p. [Rehabil(l v.] Unlegitimised. —1598 James VI Minor Prose 72/8.
If a bastarde die vnrehabled without heires of his bodie (which rehabling only lyes in the kinges handes) all that he hath likewise returnes to the king