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[nunheir] (c.1292)

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[nunheir] (c.1292)

nounheir  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

lawkinshipone who is not an heir
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  Et si acun seignur troeve soen fé vacaunt aprés la mort soen tenaunt, et se tiegne en seisine de soen fee clamaunt fraunc tenement en le fee par defaute de apparence de heir, si par acun noun heir soit engetté, soit eydé par ceste assise a recoverer sa possessioun sauve chescuni dreit  BRITT i 273.4

[gdw]

See also:

heir1 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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