Middle English Dictionary Entry
forprīsed ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | forprīsed ppl. Also forsprised. |
| Etymology | From AF for(s)pris, ppl. of for(s)prendre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Law Excepted, exempt; ~ out; forprised and except, exempted and excepted.
Associated quotations
- [ ?a1325(1303) Liber Cust.Lond.in RS 12.2168 : Le Duc de Brabaunt..qe est forspris par nostre Seignour le Rei d Engleterre. ]
- [ (a1422) *Anc.Pet.(PRO)117.5842 : Be þe discrecioun of Chaunceller for þe tyme beyng, be auctorite forseid forsprisez þe forsprisez in þe seid peticioun contened. ]
- (1429) RParl.4.358b : Al oyer Merchandisez passyng oute of ye saide Roiaume..excepte such Merchandises as in the saide Statutes and Ordinauncez been expressed and forsprised.
- (1450) RParl.5.196a : Oure Letters Patentes..of eny Franchises or Libertees to be hadde to theyme, or to theire successours, be except and forprisid oute of this seide Petition.
- (1455) RParl.5.311b : The said Letters Patentes..be forsqueprysed and except..the seid Letters Patentes..be forprised and except.
- (1461) RParl.5.468a : That the seid Chartour and Lettres Patentz be utterly forprised oute of this Acte, and they..be of such force and effect as they were.
- (1461) RParl.5.472b : Yift or Yifts..by us made to the seid Richard..be except, forprised, and outaken of this Acte.