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ESSOIN
Etymology
Verb
essoin (third-person singular simple present essoins, present participle essoining, simple past and past participle essoined)
(UK, legal, transitive) To excuse for failure to appear in court.
Noun
essoin
(UK, legal, obsolete) An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.
(obsolete) Excuse; exemption.
Anagrams
• Enosis, eosins, neosis, noesis, noises, nosies, noĆŖsis, noĆ«sis, noÄsis, ossein, sonsie
Source: Wiktionary
Es*soin" or Es*soign, n. Etym: [OF. essoine, essoigne, F. exoine, L. essonia, exonia; pref. ex- (L. ex from) + sunnis, sunnia, sonia, hindrance, excuse. Cf. Icel. syn refusal, synja to deny, refuse, Goth. sunja truth, sunjon to justify, OS. sunnea impediment, OHG. sunna.]
1. (Eng. Law)
Definition: An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.
2. Excuse; exemption. [Obs.] From every work he challenged essoin. Spenser. Essoin day (Eng. Law), the first general return day of the term, on which the court sits to receive essoins. Blackstone.
Es*soin", v. t. Etym: [OF. essoinier, essoignier, essonier, LL. essoniare, exoniare. See Essoin, n.] (Eng. Law)
Definition: To excuse for nonappearance in court. "I 'll not essoin thee." Quarles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; ātheir business venture was doomed from the startā; āan ill-fated business ventureā; āan ill-starred romanceā; āthe unlucky prisoner was again put in ironsā- W.H.Prescott
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