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[defaisable] (c.1136-65)
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[defaisable] (c.1136-65)

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defesable,  defessable;  defesible;  deffesable;  defiesable;  diffeisible  
  FEW:  facere 3,349a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  faire (*desfaisable)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1impermanent: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Cist mond n’est hore plus estable Ke lune [ki] est defiesable  Salemon 4938
2lawdefeasible, subject to annulment: 
( 1305 )  Il pount estre ensemble qe le doun est defesable e la garrantie est estable  YBB 32-33 Ed I 385
( 1310 )  s’il soit marié avaunt c’est defesable qaunt il vient a soun age  YBB Ed II ii 161
( 1321-22 )  lequel feffement est defesable par ley  Rot Parl1 i 400
( 1337 )  si son estat q’il ad par purchas est defesable et defait, il est mys a s’accion de plus haut  YBB 11-12 Ed III 149
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