empernour (c.1275)
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empernour (c.1275)

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  FEW:  *imprehendere 4,602a Gdf:  empreneeur 3,72c GdfC: ∅ TL: emprenëor 3,134 DEAF:  emprendre (empreneor)  DMF:  empreneur  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
emparnour;  enpernour,  enpernur  

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1instigator: 
( 1334 )  [...] q’ils doignent sentence [...] sur felons [...] et meintenours et empernours des faux quereles  234
♦lawundertaker (of litigation): 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  les choses furent meyntenues a la feze par favour des juges, a la feze par emparnours des bosoygnes  17
( 1327-30 ) le priour de Coventre est comun enpernour e meyntenour de fause quereles e chaumpartour de tenementz pledables  243
( 1330 ) meyntenours, empernours et conspiratours, et auxint de chaumpartours  44
empernour de parole
1lawundertaker of pleadings: 
( MS: c.1275 )  nul des avantdiz vint e quatre ne doit sustenir partie en curt de la cité ne estre cuntur ne enpernur de parole en prejudice de la franchise de la ville  26.7
empernement  emprendre#1  emprent#1  emprentiz  emprise#1  emprison#1  preneur 
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