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prece1 (c.1260)

prece1 (c.1260)

 
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  prex 2454a
ls(loanword: Latin )
le

s.

prece partium
lawrequest of the parties to adjourn an action to a later date
( c.1260; MS: c.1300 )  si l’un e l’autre des adversaries apparisseint en la curt et il partissent hors de la curt sanz respoundre par prece parcium  5
( 1338 )  Nota q’en bref de Dowere aprés un prece partium le demande ne deit mie estre abreggé  11-12 Ed III 499
( 1388 )  demaundoms jugement si encountre ceo q’ils pristeront jour outre par prece partium come tenauntz en comone serront ils receuz d’alleger severalz tenauncez  12 Rich II 101

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See also:

precarie  precater 
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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