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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Uncontrovertit,) Uncontroverted, -contraverted, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. uncontroverted (a1674); Controvertit ppl. adj.] Undisputed. — 1654 Johnston Diary II 250.
They … wer angrye to heare of the acts of uncontraverted assemblies 1677 Lauder Notices Affairs I 167.
A petition … by the tutor of Waterton complaining on the bischop … that tho his pupill was uncontroverted patron … of the church of Ellon … yet the bischop refused to collate him
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