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cohercion (c.1292)
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cohercion (c.1292)

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cohercioun;  coercion,  coercioun  
  FEW:  coercere 2/i,835b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  cohercion 9,119a TL: cohercion 2,526 DEAF:  cohercier (cohercion)  DMF:  coertion  TLF:  coercition  OED:  coercion n.  MED:  cohercioun n.  DMLBS:  coertio 371a

s.

sg._and_pl.
coercion: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  il ne la receut unques de soen gré; einz fit maugré soen par cohercioun (var. (M: s.xivin) coaccion) de saincte Eglise et par jugement de Cristiene Court  BRITT ii 282
( 1321-22 )  sont fuis hors de lour pais par cohercion de destreces  Rot Parl1 i 409
( 1328 )  Et par enprisonement & par duresces & par cohercions […]  Rot Parl1 ii 22
( 1397-98 )  par cohercion & compulsion  Stats ii 101 xii

See also:

coartacion 
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