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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1485, 1559-1607
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Defalcatioun, -acion, n. [Late ME. (1476), med. L. dēfalcātio.] Deduction; reduction. — 1485 Acts Lords of Council 100/1.
The condicion … made to him be the said Elisabet, of defalcacion of hir male gif hir land war wast 1559 Inchcolm Chart. 98.
I sall schaw my maister how that ȝe hed oftymes complenit that the landis wer sett to our deir ane ferme, and that ȝe desirit ane ressonable defalcatioun or ellis to leif the ground 1607 Ann. Banff II. 22.
The decreit of defalcatioun obteinit at the instance of Iohne, Marques of Hamiltoun
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