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Deces, Deceis, n. Also: desces, desses; decese, -cise, -sese; deses, -seise, -sais, deceise, -ceys, deiceis; deceas(e. [ME. deces (c 1330), deses, desces, etc., OF. deces, L. dēcessus: cf. Decesse n. and Disces n.] Decease, death.The form decess, common in modern printed texts, represents the manuscript deceß.(a) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2097 (eftir thar faderis deces). Ib. 2142 (throw his deces). 1405 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 201 (efter the deces of Schir Dauid). 1432 Acts II. 20/2 (throu the deces of ony bastardis). 1457 Wemyss Chart. 81 (fra the deces of the said Alexander). 1473 Peebles B. Rec. 170.
He sall ... occupy it quhill he lewys, and eftir hys deses [etc.]
1476 Ib. 181 (wacand … be the deces of … wmqwhyll master Jhon). 1483 Acta Conc. II. civ. (dettis … awing the tyme of his deces). 1505 Liber Aberbr. 356 (being in our handis be the deces of Wilyam Bonar). 1522 Glasgow Dioc. Reg. I. 83.
To brwyk efftyr deses off fadyr and modyr
1526 Reg. Soltre 93 (quhen our landis wakit be deces or resignacioun). 1550 Reg. Cupar A. II. 67 (vacand … sen the deces of the said Sir William). 1575 Edinb. Test. III. 363 b (efter the said Williames deces). 1590 St. A. Kirk S. 668 (sen the deces of umquhill James Forsyth).(b) 14.. Acts I. *91/2 (gif ony … efter his desces leyff a doȝter). 1415 Lennox Mun. 61 (fra my said faderis desses). 1481 Peebles B. Rec. 189 (efter the desces of his successouris).(c) a1400 Leg. S. xvii. 255 (at quhais towme eftyr hyr decese … ). 1428 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 460 (thru decese of the said Andru and Jonet). 1565 Rec. Earld. Orkney 118 (eftir the desese of Johane of Papla). 1566 Reg. Privy C. I. 503 (the tyme of the decise of the said commendatare).(d) a 1500 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 109 (eftyr the deceis of the said Jonet). 1510 Breadalbane Doc. (Reg. H.) No. 38 (the best aucht in thair hous the tymes of thair deceis). 1531 Glasgow Prot. IV. 38 (pertenand to thame … be the deceys of … thair broder). 1550 Rec. Earld. Orkney 104 (afoire the deceis of … my fader). 1552 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 170 (the greit inconvenientis … efter your deceissis). 1566 Reg. Privy C. I. 503 (eftir his deceise). a1578 Pitsc. I. 145/16 (the night befoir his deceis). 1588 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 349 (for five yeiris after my deceise). 1622 Misc. Bann. C. II. 247 (be the deiceis of the said Samvell). c 1641 Soc. Ant. XXV. 54 (efter the deceis of the said Jhone Mowat). 1678 Soc. Ant. XXV. 21.
The tym of ether of ther deseises
(e) 1553 Rec. Earld. Orkney 106.
Since the desais of his mother

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