♦
(+ inf.) to disclaim, disavow:
lawto disclaim, repudiate tenancy, ownership, etc.:
(
1304
)
En plee qe chiet par voye de destresse le tenaunt poet
desclamer
YBB 32-33 Ed I 119
(
1308-09
)
si homme
descleyme vers J. qe tient par la ley d’Engleterre [...] il ne serra mye quite tauntost
YBB Ed II i 117
(
1311
)
Taunt amounte qe vous ne tenez pas de nous, e pur ceo
desclamez
YBB Ed II ix 7
lawdisclaimer:
(
1292
)
pur ceo ke R. fut dedens age, le
declamer endreyt de ly ne pout estre ressu
YBB 20-21 Ed I 277
(
1340
)
il desavowa et desclama outrément a tenir de lui; [...] par quel desavowement et
desclamer accion acrust al demandant a demander les tenementz en demene
YBB 14-15 Ed III 15
♦
lawright to disclaim:
(
1313-14
)
il moy tout moun
desclamer qi est doné a tenant qi esteint lez services a tous jours, le qel
desclamer ne gist pas en bref de mordancestre
YBB Ed II viii 36
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