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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dishabilitat(e, v. (and p.p.). [med. L. dishabilitare (1477), OF. deshabiliter.] tr. To subject to legal disqualification. (Cf. Dishabilitatioun,n.) — 1641 Acts V. 530/1.
His posteritie war dishabilitat and maid wnhabill to bruike and joyse the landis 1679 Stair in M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. II. 243.
The Earl his father being forefault, and his posterity dishabilitated to bruik estate or dignity in Scotland
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