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purchaceresse (1302)
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purchaceresse (1302)

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purchaceresce,  purchasseresse  (purcharesse)  
  FEW:  *captiare *2/i,319a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  chacier 1 (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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lawfemalefinan.purchaser, buyer, acquirer of goods or property by means other than inheritance: 
( 1302 )  Sydoigne fust bastard e purchaceresse des tenementz  YBB 30-31 Ed I 289
( 1342-43 )  ele est purchasseresse, pur qi bref de dreit ne gist pas  YBB 17 Ed III 57
estrange purchaceresse
lawfemalefinan.stranger purchaser, a woman who is not a privy of the blood and who obtained land by some means other than inheritance: 
( 1305 )  come [...] une parcele des terres le dist Johan soient devenuz en la meyn la dite Margarete come estraunge purcharesse  Mem Parl 71
joint purchaceresse
lawfemalefinan.joint purchaser, buyer, acquirer of goods or property by means other than inheritance, jointly with another: 
( 1310 )  ou un des joinz purchaceresces fut receu a respondre pur l’entier  YBB Ed II iv 192

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See also:

purchacement  purchaçur  purchacer1  purchas  purchasere 
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purchaceresse