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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Docket,) Docquet, n. Also: doket, dockatt. [e.m.E. docquet (1526), docket.] An abstract or minute. 1580 Dundee Shipping L. 198.
Twentie sex last of hering … pertening to the persones mentionat in ane doket gewine in to the dene of gild 1641 Acts V. 511/1.
His Maiestie sall caus register the docquet of the same in a register 1689 Leven & Melv. P. 87.
The dockatt was the most impertinent claus I ever saw
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