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exempt (1292)

exempt (1292)

exempt, 
(pl. exempsz)  
  FEW:  exemptus 3,291b Gdf:  exent 3,680c GdfC:  exent 9,581c TL: exent 3,1534 DEAF: DMF:  exempt  TLF:  exempt 1  / exempt 2  OED:  exempt adj., n.  MED:  exempt ppl.  DMLBS:

a.

1lawexempt, freed from an obligation
( 1292 )  le maner [...] est exempt e ors de cunté; e nos genz de Wiggenor sunt exempt ke eus ne vendrunt a nul cunté  YBB 20-21 Ed I 161
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  ceaux qe sunt enditez [...] sunt exempsz de celes siutes fere  Mir Just 37
( 1301 )  il prie qe om lui adresce les torz e les grevaunces qe les justices de l’eire de Drocheda firent a lui e a ses hommes desicom il sount exempt hors de chescun des countiez le roy [...]  Affairs of Ireland 54
( 1314-15 )  fuyt fraunche et exempte de jurisdiction ordinaire  Rot Parl1 i 297
lawfreed from, not subject to
( 1373 )  qe la dite ville ové sez suburbes [...] soient severez et exemptz [...] dez ditz deux countees  Bristol Red Bk i 116
2debarred from
( 1497-98 )  lez seignourz sount exemptz qu’ilz ne poient seisir le garde  Exchequer Chamber ii 170.19

See also:

exempter 
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