tenable (s.xiiiex)

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tenable (s.xiiiex)

teniable  

a.

1persistent
(TBD)  inextinguibilis: teniable  (H683) 164
2lawto be considered, held
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  si le defendant puisse moustrer franc cep de ces auncestres en la concepcion ou en la nativité ou pus, li defendant iert tenable pur franc a touz jours  108
3valid
( 1294 )  les eschaunges ne sunt mye tenables  21-22 Ed I 359
4capable of being held
( 1323-25 )  La Reole, qe estoit come desemparee et meyns tenable a nostre devys  153
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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