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amortissement (s.xiv1/4)
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amortissement (s.xiv1/4)

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amortisement,  amorteisement  (mortasement  Ripon 136)  
  FEW:  *admortire 24,174b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  amortissement 8,111a TL: amortissement 1,372 DEAF:  amortir (amortissement)  DMF:  amortissement  TLF:  amortissement  OED:  amortizement n.  MED:  amortis(e)ment n.  DMLBS:  amortizamentum 33b

s.

1lawamortization, alienation in mortmain: 
( MS: s.xiv1/4 )  le presentement de mesme la eglise devient en morte main, par quel amortissement il apent a nostre seignur le roi a presenter  Nov Narr 45
( 1347 )  les ditz enfeffez […] sount destourbez de faire la dit amorteisement  Rot Parl1 ii 180
( 1391 )  l’eschetour nostre dit seignour le Roy entendant les ditz dedicacion et sepultures en le dit quantité de terre estre amortissement sanz licence de nostre dit seignour le Roy  Rot Parl1 iii 297
2lawextinction: 
( 1344 )  pur le tenant alleggea mesme la chose sur l’amortisement de l’original par nounsuyte  YBB 18-19 Ed III 5
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