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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1678-1682
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Adminiculat(e, p.p. [L. adminiculātus, p.p. of adminiculāre.] Supported by evidence. 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. 512.
These confessions should not be rested upon, except they be adminiculat with other probation 1678 Justiciary Ct. Rec. II. 317.
It were but to scorn the Law … to think that a Confession so adminiculate should not bind the Confessor 1682 Decis. Lords F. 15.
Which seasin not ... being adminiculat by any subscribed writ, was not a sufficient title to quarrel the defenders right
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