Definitions
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- noun obsolete Removal to a distance; withdrawal.
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- noun obsolete
Removal to adistance ;withdrawal .
Etymologies
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French éloignement.
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Examples
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But in the cadfe of fuch eloignment the lord cannot diftrain the tenant, as he may for the heriot fcrvicej becaufe the di - ftrefs was introduced for the recovery of feudal duties, of which the heriot cuftom is no part.
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