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Quotation dates: 1659-1664
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Vitiating, vbl. n. [e.m.E. uiciating (1547), vitiating (a1550).] The action of altering or defacing a document for fraudulent reasons. — 1659 Glasgow B. Rec. II 432.
The chirurgianes … ordained that ane act be produced warranding Johne Hall for interlyning or vitiating ther book 1664 Justiciary Ct. Rec. I 83.
For forging, counterfeiting and making up at least falsly and fraudulently vitiating in the dates the writs following
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