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recitation (1344)

recitation (1344)

recitacion,  recitatioun  
  FEW:  recitare 10,151a Gdf: GdfC:  recitation 10,500a TL: recitacïon 8,422 DEAF:  reciter (recitacion)  DMF:  récitation  TLF:  récitation  OED:  recitation n.  MED:  recitacion. n.  DMLBS:  recitatio 2677b

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1lawaccount, main part of the original writ stating the wrong for which the defendant was to answer and which had initated the litigation
( 1344 )  le brief fut chalengé de ceo q'en conclusion il voet countre fourme d'estatut et en la recitacion n'est pas supposé qe ceo soit defendu par estatut  YBB 18 Ed III 107
2law(act of) citing, quoting (a legal document or record)
( 1351 )  sur la recitacioun de l'acorde [...] acordé est et assentu [...]  Rot Parl1 ii 227
( 1354 )  le Roi fist sercher en sa tresorie [...] touz les recordes [...] ou rien feust trové fors qe un recitacion d'un estatut qe se fist en parlement  Rot Parl1 ii 256.14
3lawre-hearing of an account
( 1348 )  Si acompt soit renduz, en quel par informacion des bons et loialx homme purra trover concelement ou autre cause de recitation, reson voet qe ele soit recitez  Rot Parl1 ii 167

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See also:

recitelle  recitement  reciter1 
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recitation