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[rançunment] (1354)

The form ranceonement is a cross reference to the following entry:

[rançunment] (1354)

ranceonement,  raunsonment  
  FEW:  redemptio 10,177a Gdf: GdfC:  raençonnement 10,472b TL: räençonement 8,164 DEAF:  raençon (raençonement)  DMF:  rançonnement   TLF:  rançonner (rançonnement)  OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

lawfinan.seizure and holding to ransom, demand of a sum of money for the release of captured goods or territories
( 1354 )  Et volons, par especial, et ottroions que, durantes les dites trewes ou soeffrances nulle ville ou chastel puisse estre emblez, ne pris d'une part ou d'autre, ne novel ranceonement fait  iii 291
( 1379 )  [...] par raunsonment de loure  (l. lours) biens, imprisonment de lour corps, et plusors autrez damages  iii 69

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See also:

rachat1  rançun  rançuner 
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