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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Confiscatioun, -acioun(e, n. [e.m.E. (1548) and OF. confiscation, L. confiscātio.] Confiscation; the goods confiscated. a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 820.
With confiscacoun of richt schort senȝeorie 1495 Acta Conc. 417/2.
The said schip … pertenit to the king be ressone of eschete and confiscacioune 1540 Acts II. 371/1.
He sall haue ane part of the confiscacioun of him that he accusis 1581 Acts II. 224/2.
Vnder the pane of amissioun, tynsell, and confiscatioun of their haill schippis and guidis 1618 Stirling B. Rec. I. 151.
That na flescher … brod ony flesche for blawing of the same, under … confiscatioune of all sic flesche
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