Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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‡OBREPTION, n. Sc. Law: the obtaining of gifts of escheat, etc., by a falsehood (Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 949, s.v. subreption, 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 60). Nearly obs. Cf. Subreption.Sc. 1751 W. McFarlane Geneal. Coll. (S.H.S.) II. 404:
The patent does not bear these usual Clauses to prevent Obreption and Subreption.
