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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Temperament, Temprement, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. temperament (Lydgate), temperment (1471).] a. The balance of humours determining the nature of (a plant). b. The due adjustment (of different interests, etc.). —a. 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. cxxxix (Bot.).
Scabiosa & courldodie ar nocht bayth ane albeit in quali[tie] & temperament thai agrie —b. 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. ii xxiv 6 (1678) 520.
By this just temprement, the interest of the common-wealth and the imbicility of minors are both salved: and therefore when … lawyers say that a minor may be restored against his confession, thair meaning only is, that he may be restored if he can prove his error
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