1lawthe practice of delay of a person's right to sue if his opponent's complaint against him is pending:
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un usage [qe fu apelé holsake] fu en la vile, ke si un hume se pleinsist de un altre, taunt cum sa pleinte fust pendaunte son adversaire de nule pleinte [...] serreit oy
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holsake (1277)