Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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¶LEGATION, n. A legal or official department, or the regulations it administers. Nonce.Rnf. 1877 J. M. Neilson Poems 37:
Weel, time cam' for Registration; I'd tae trudge twa miles a-gait Tae the lim' o' that legation.
