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purpresture (c.1240)
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purpresture (c.1240)

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(pl. purpasturis  ROUGH 61,  purpresturis  TLL ii 38,  purpreturis  TLL ii 38,  purpreturus  TLL ii 56)  
  FEW:  praestare 9,315a Gdf:  porpresture 6,305a GdfC: ∅ TL: porpresture 7,1551 DEAF:  prester (porpresture)  DMF:  pourpresture  TLF: ∅ OED:  purpresture n.  MED:  purpresture n.  DMLBS:  purprestura 2584b

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lawpurpresture, encroachment, illegal enclosure of land: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Surquist ces veisins cum feluns, E tute nuz lur fist purpresture Pur felonie de sa mal aventure  Mir N-D 113.11
( 1279 )  autres purprestures e trespas [...] fet cuntre ly e sa corone  Northumb 18
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  totes maneres de purprestures fetes sur nous de terres et de fraunchises  BRITT i 72
( c.1302? )  les purprestures e les arentementz qe sunt prises en la foreste  Northern Pet 120

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See also:

prest1  prest2  prester1  prester2  prestore  prestur  purprestur 
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