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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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ACT, v. To enact, decree. (Sense now obs.)Bnff. 1708 Presb. Records in W. Cramond Church of Grange (1898) 71:
It was acted that no person sued [read sned] the trees of the kirkyard under the faillie of half-merk for every cutted branch.