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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DISCLAMATION, n.

1. Sc. law. †(1) The disclaiming or disavowal on the part of a tenant of obligation to his superior (Sc. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scot. ii. v. 37).Sc. 1792 W. Ross Practice Law Scot. II. 177:
Disclamation . . . now happily exploded from our practice.Sc. 1890 Bell Dict. Law Scot. 329:
According to our more ancient law, disclamation, even as to a part of the fee, subjected the vassal to the loss of the whole.

(2) “A disclaiming of connection with an action in court where one's name has been used” (Abd.¹⁶).

2. Repudiation, disclaimer.Sc. 1772 Scots Mag. (Sept.) 457:
Mr Wallace's disclamation of a late publication.Sc. 1814 Scott Waverley (1817) vi.:
The bibliopolist greeted him, notwithstanding every disclamation, by the title of Doctor.Sc. 1892 R. L. Stevenson Wrecker xviii.:
I cannot tell with what sort of disclamation I sought to reply.