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manumission (s.xiiiex)
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manumission (s.xiiiex)

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manumissioun,  manymyssion  
  FEW:  manumittere 6/i,282b Gdf:  manumission 5,157c GdfC: ∅ TL: manumetre (manumissïon) 5,1101 DEAF:  manumetre (manumission)  DMF:  manumission  TLF:  manumission  OED:  manumission n.  MED:  manumissioun n.  DMLBS:  manumissio 1712b

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lawmanumission, act of freeing a villein, neif, serf (etc.): 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  si seignur enfranchist son serf par manumission [...]  Mir Just 78
( 1382 )  toutes maneres de manumissions, obligacions, relesse et autres liens  Stats ii 20 vi
( 1388 )  duist faire un manumissioun al dit William de Bathe  YBB 11 Rich II 169
( 1427 )  coment que ele ou son pere eit un manymyssion unquore il est disparagement  Readings i cx.817
lettre de manumission
lawwritten grant of personal freedom (by a feudal lord): 
( 1381 )  coment nostre seignour le roi [...] fuist constreint de faire et granter ses lettres desouz son grant seal a les neifs de son roialme et autres, de libertee, franchise, et manumissions  Rot Parl1 iii 99

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See also:

manumettre  manus 
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