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expediment|ɛkˈspɛdɪmənt|
[ad. med.L. expedīment-um (sense 2), f. expedīre: see expedite.]
†1. A means of getting out of a difficulty; an expedient. Obs.
1547–64Bauldwin Mor. Philos. (Palfr.) iii. iii, When they be chafed in reasoning..solutions..similitudes, and expediments, doe..flow vnto their remembrance. a1677Barrow Serm. (1686) III. ix. 106 A like expediment to remove discontent is good company.
2. ‘The whole of a person's goods and chattels, bag and baggage’ (Wharton Law Lex. 1848). |