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elusio

elusio [LL] , evasion, frustration (by trickery). b cheating, trickery. de insidiis obiciendis edificatoribus et ~onibus eorum R. Niger Mil. III 8; 1254 si ‥ prior et canonici ‥ in ~onem nostram ad eleccionem [episcopi] ‥ processerint Cl 314; 1262 in fraudem et ~onem juris Cl 173; 1266 in contemptum ‥ episcopi ‥ et ~onem libertatis ‥ ecclesie Pat 84 m. 9d.; 1295 qui inventus fuerit taliter frustratorie ‥ appellasse gravius ‥ propter ~onem ipsius curie puniatur Conc. II 211b; c1307 quidam indigene ‥ in ~onem privilegiorum ‥ in nos ‥ proruperunt Bury St. Edm. 176.  b 1324 nec in fraudem seu ~onem catholicorum aliud predicare seu exponere Fabr. York 158n; 1494 si sit ~o, vix possunt continuari miracula ultra xl dies Conc. III 636a.

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