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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1697-1698
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Predoneous, adj. (L. prædōnius predatory, f. prædo, prædōn-is, plunderer, robber, an adj. used in the Digest of Roman Law of intromission with or seizure of heritable property without warrant or title.) — 1697 Fountainhall Decis. I 777.
This being allowed a second hearing, it was contended, that the titles produced were all predoneous and patched up 1698 Ib. II 16.
His intromission was predoneous and unwarrantable seeing his daughter was but four months married to the captain
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