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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1554-1555
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Obligatorious, a. [e.m.E. (once, 1602).] Legally binding, contractual. — 1554–5 Criminal Trials I. i. 364*.
He [sc. a lunatic] culd nocht contract, trespas or do ony sic deid as were obligatorious, quherbj he mycht be oblist to pvnisment of his persoune
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