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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Prestation, n. [e.m.E. (1473), L. præstātiōn- payment, in med. L. also a feudal due, and a levy, exaction: cf. F. prestation (1272 in Godef. Compl.) the action of lending, tendering, etc.] a. A payment due by law or custom. b. A liability for performance of some customary duty or payment. c. Performance of some action legally incumbent on one. — 1673 M.P. Brown Suppl. Decis. III 6.
That all annual prestations after the term is elapsed at which payment should be made are moveable; as bye-gone annual-rents, feu-duties, tack-duties etc. 1679 Fountainhall Decis. I 70.
That personal fees and prestations might prescribe … from payment thereof 1680 Ib. 101.
The Lords found [they] could not exeem her, the horning not being for payment of money but prestation of a deed: the fact of exhibiting being prestable by herself 1686 Ib. 427.
There were prestations on the master as well as on the prentice; and the master could not crave performance unless he first performed his own part 1693 Ib. 577.
The Lords … found that carriages and other such indefinite prestations and services … if they were not annually … exacted … could not be demanded … upon one year