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prosecution (1334)

prosecution (1334)

prosecucion,  prosecucioun,  prossequcioun  
  FEW:  prosequi 9,466a Gdf:  prosecution 6,441a GdfC: TL: prosecucion 7,1997 DEAF:  prosecucïon  / porsivre (prosecucion)  DMF:  prosécution  TLF: OED:  prosecution n.  MED: DMLBS:  prosecutio 2525a

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1lawfurtherance, pursuance
( 1334; MS: 1419 )  pur les graundes custages q'ils ount faite en la prosecucioun de ceste acorde  Lib Alb 427
( 1360 )  aiantz grant pitie et compassion de nostre poeple, qui, en la prosecution de noz guerres, ont exposés leurs corps et leur biens a touz perils  Foedera1 iii 527
( 1376 )  la guerre [...] entour la prosecution de sa querele de France  Rot Parl1 ii 321
2lawprosecution, institution and conduction of a legal action
( 1364-65 )  prosecutions, accusacions, denunciations  Rot Parl1 ii 285
( 1366 )  Et avant tout oevre, defendre et face defendre as ditz sire Montpesat, et procureur fiscal, et a touz autres, que la besoigne touche ou poet toucher, que, pendant la prosecucion de la dite appellacion [...]  Foedera1 iii 791

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See also:

persecution  pursiwement  pursivre  pursuer1  pursute 
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prosecution