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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1575-1609
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Hamehald, Haymhald(e, v. [ad. legal L. haymaldare (Acts I. 284), f. Hamehald,a.] tr. To claim (an animal) as one's own property. — c1575 Balfour Pract. 523.
And gif na ressonabill cause be alledgit in the contrare, the persewar sall hame-hald, and with him away have, the said beist or cattel 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 78.
Quhen that thing … is challenged be the persewer, as … withhaldin fra him, and [he] is readie to haymhald the samine
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