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surprisus

surprisus [AN surpris < superprensus p. ppl. of superprendere], (leg., as adj.) seized unlawfully or extraordinarily. 1279 requirendum deliberari ~a, sasita, vel alias amparata per vos ‥ que ‥ post pacem ‥ tenuimus RGasc II 82b; 1289 inquirant veritatem super jurisdictionibus usurpatis et ~is Ib. II 326b; 1302 ea que contra ‥ sufferenciam [sc. guerre] ‥ †supprisa [MS: surprisa] seu alias facta fuerint Ib. III 408b; 1310 licet intentionis nostre ‥ existat quod hujusmodi usurpata ‥ et ~a ‥ corrigantur (Lit. Regis) Foed. III 238a; 1312 videntes se sic impeditos et ~os cicius ad prisonam ‥ se reddiderunt RGasc IV app. 557a; 1338 quod nulla fieret nobis restitucio supprisorum [? l. superprisorum or surprisorum] durantibus primis treugis (Lit. Regis) Lanercost 302.

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