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emprisonement (c.1292)
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The form imprisoment is a cross reference to the following entry:

emprisonement (c.1292)

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emprisonament,  emprisounement,  emprisonemente;  enprisonement,  enprisonment,  enprisonnement,  enprisounement;  enpresonement;  imprisonement,  imprisonment,  imprisunement;  imprisoment;  (inprisoment  Nov Narr 333)  
  FEW:  prehensio 9,355b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  emprisonnement 9,446b TL: emprisonement 3,140 DEAF:  prison (emprisonement)  DMF:  emprisonnement  TLF:  emprisonnement  OED:  imprisonment n.  MED:  emprisonement n.  DMLBS:  imprisonamentum 1270a

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imprisonment: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  facent tiels punisements par emprisonement des cors de tiels trespasseurs  BRITT i 154
( 1327 )  si il seyt povre serra puny en son corps par enprisounement  Rot Parl2 107
( 1379 )  par raunsonment de loure biens, imprisonment de lour corps, et plusors autrez damages  Rot Parl1 iii 69
♦lawright to imprison: 
( 1313 )  Si nul larroun seit pris en son sokne, il (=lord) deit aver soun cep et soun enprisonement e (l. en) son sokne  Lib Cust 150
bref de (faux) emprisonement
lawa writ charging illegal imprisonment: 
( 1304 )  Un Adam porta bref de enprisonement vers un Vincent [...] et dist q’il luy avoyt pris en la vile de Rochewelle certein jour [...] e l’enprisona  YBB 32-33 Ed I 55
( 1327 )  ceux qi de teux faux appels soient quites [...] eynt breff d’enprisonement vers le vesconte et gayoler  Rot Parl2 124
( 1338 )  En bref de faux emprisonement tanqe fin fuit fet issu serra pris sur l’enprisonement et sur la fyn  YBB 12-13 Ed III 9

See also:

emprisoner  prison  prisonement 
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