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Undecidit, ppl. adj. Also: undecydit, -sydit, wndesidit, ondecidit, -cydet. [e.m.E. undecided (1588); Decide v.] Of an action at law, controversy, etc.: Not yet decided (by a definitive judgment); unsettled.(a) 1467 Acts II 88/2.
That al summondis & causis that is left vndecidit in this parliament salbe decidit before the lordis of counsaile 1471 Acta Aud. 14/1.
All actiouns … that is now vndecidit befor thaim 1498 Acta Conc. II 175.
This mater was referrit to the jug ordinar of before and undecidit be him 1555 Prot. Bk. Sir Wm. Corbet 21.
The mater betuyx the said Jhon of Mow and the lard of Langnetoune dependant in the law and wndesidit 1574 Reg. Privy C. II 407.
Thay have actioun dependand befoir the Lordis of Sessioun, quhilk restis and lyis ower thir sindry yeris past undecydit 1586 Bk. Univ. Kirk 298.
We hold the said proces and sentence as unled, undecydit or pronuncit 1604 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 139.
Concerning all uther actionis and contraverseis quhilkis as yit ar undesydit or endit be us conforme to the said submissioun(b) 1540 Edinb. Chart. 212.
The pley beand dependand as yet ondecidit na innovatioun suld be maid 1573 Tyrie in Cath. Tr. 17/2.
It is … obscuir and ane ondecydet controuersie
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