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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Habit, p.p. [L. habit-us.] Held, holden. In the legal phr. habit and repute, repr. a med. L. habitus et reputatus, earlier Haldin p.p. — 1700 Gordon Chron. Keith 39.
[The prisoners] being knoune, habit and repute wagabonds, soroners and Egiptians Ib.
The libel … of being knoune, habit and repute to be Egiptians and wagabonds
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