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Quotation dates: 1703-1705
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SUCCUMB, v. Sc. Law usage: to fail (in a suit), usu. for want of proof.Ayr. 1703 Session Bk. Dundonald (1936) 542:
They found that William Kerr succumbed in his probation.Fif. 1705 D. Cook Annals Pittenweem 129:
She pursued a woman before the session for calling her a witch, and succumbing in the probation.
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