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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Exheredatio(u)n, n. [e.m.E. exheredation (1515), L. exhērēdātio.] Disinheritance. —1493 Acts II. 235/2.
Oure souerane lord … gaif infeftmentis in exheredatioun and disherysing of the rychtwis airis be the solistatioun … of euill counsall 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i. 41.
The trespas of the sonne … sall not be ane cause of exheredation of the father

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