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superioratus

superioratus [CL superior+-atus], superior jurisdiction, supreme jurisdiction. b (Ir.) office of chief officer, sovereign of borough. 1400 dicti ‥ priori et monachi ‥ dimidiam marcham argenti, nomine pensionis sive redditus, in signum dominii sui ~atus, singulis annis solvere tenentur Foed. VIII 121b.  b 1504 si non sit filius burgensis qui fuit in officio ~atus dicte ville Lib. Kilken. 128; 1507 uxorem Ricardi Roth perantea existentis in officio ~atus Ib. 132.

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