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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1570-1575, 1678-1693
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Validat, v. P.p. validat(e. [17th c. Eng. validate (a1684), med. L. validat-, ppl. stem of validare.] tr. To render legally valid, to confirm the validity of (a document, process, etc.). —pres. 1682 Lauder Notices Affairs I 384.
He could not goe to kirk and mercat to validat the deed 1693 Cramond Kirk S. III 17 April.
That the production of the former commission now could not validat any warrand … seeing the samyn was not produced at the former sederunt —p.p. 1570 Inverness Rec. I 192.
Because the subscriptionis of the said assedatioun wes gottin be him particularlie, that thai … being all togyther convenit … wald ratefie … the said … assedatioun … to be alse validat and to haif sic strentht force and effect … as gif the samyn had bene subscriuit be thame gif thai had bene all convenit togydder c1575 Balfour Pract. 264.
Gif ony landis be unitit and annext … and thairefter be decernit to be in the superiouris handis be ressoun of non-entres the samin … is … dissolvit … and gif the over-lord … obtenis ane new infeftment … ȝit nevertheles the said unioun is not validate nather convalescis thairby 1678 Justiciary Rec. II 313.
The said confession … cannot be confirmed nor validate by the testimonies of any witnesses whatsoever
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