[defaisable] (c.1136-65)
Cite this entry

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

Search Results

Your search results will appear here.

[defaisable] (c.1136-65)

Cite this entry
[ FEW: 3,349a facere; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
defesable,  defessable;  defesible;  deffesable;  defiesable;  diffeisible  

a.

1impermanent: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Cist mond n’est hore plus estable Ke lune [ki] est defiesable  4938
2lawdefeasible, subject to annulment: 
( 1305 )  Il pount estre ensemble qe le doun est defesable e la garrantie est estable  32-33 Ed I 385
( 1310 )  s’il soit marié avaunt c’est defesable qaunt il vient a soun age  Ed II ii 161
( 1321-22 )  lequel feffement est defesable par ley  i 400
( 1337 )  si son estat q’il ad par purchas est defesable et defait, il est mys a s’accion de plus haut  11-12 Ed III 149
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
defaisable