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exnamiare

exnamiare [cf. namiare] , to distrain: a (person); b (property). a c1158 prohibeo quod [sanctimoniales] non esnamientur pro defectu servicii David de A.‥ pro re aliqua que ad me pertineat Danelaw 280.  b c1111 precipio tibi ‥ ne amodo terra sua sit esnamiata pro terra tua super x li. forisfacturam meam Pl. Anglo-Norm. 110; 1158 prohibeo ne [terra S. Osewyni de Northumberland] sit ~iata propter alterius debitum vel forisfactum nisi propter suum dominicum CalCh II 172; c1160 ne terra ‥ sine recto clamore exnammetur nec dominica peccunia S. Stephani exnammetur pro alicujus debito Act. Hen. II I 273.

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