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defectuosus

defectuosus , a (of building) needing repair. b (of person) failing in duty, at fault. a 1539 quorum mansiones ~e seu alias ruinate aut dirute ‥ fuerint Form. S. Andr. II 117; 1549 ecclesias tam in parietibus quam in tectis ruinosas aut ~as Conc. Scot. II 114.  b si laici ‥ circa crimina secularia punienda in nullo invenirentur ~i Ockham Dial. 917; 13‥ qui in hoc statuto ~us fuerit Conc. Scot. II 66; 1451 qui in his [psallendo etc.] ~i fuerint ‥, puniantur (Abbr. Stat.) Mon. Francisc. II 86.

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