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Quotation dates: 1818
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†CONCERNS, n.pl. “Relations, whether by blood or marriage” (Sc. 1825 Jam.2).Sc. 1818 Edin. Mag. (July) 330:
At the end of seven years . . . if they had been children when they were taken away, they appeared to their nearest relations (in the Scottish language concerns) and declared to them their state.
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