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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Inabilitie, -ité, n. [Late ME. inabilite (15th c.). Cf. Inhability.] Legal disqualification or incapacitation. — 1474 Reg. Morton II. 224.
I … byndis & oblis me … vnder payne of inabilite, defamyng & maynsuering
1506 Glasgow Dioc. Reg. II. 163.
Under the panis of periure, infamite and inabilite

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