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Quotation dates: 1672
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(Hame-,) Hamholding, vbl. n. [Cf. Hamehald,v.] Appropriation. — 1672 Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 292.
[John Purves to deliver to James Louse a stray horse, now in his custody, pertaining to the pursuer, and to pay 20 li. for his wrongful] hamholding [and intromitting with the same]
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