单词 | disclamation |
释义 | disclamationn. 1. Scots Law. The disavowal or repudiation of a vassal's obligations to a superior; an instance of this. Now historical.In English law referred to as disclaimer (see disclaimer n.1 1). ΚΠ 1536 in D. H. Fleming Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1921) II. 295/1 Gif thai pertene to him be ony uthir maner of richt, nonentres, purprusion or disclamation or uthirwais quhatsumever. 1592 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 604/1 With all richt..be ressone of ward, nonentries,..purprusionis, disclamatiounis, bastardrie [etc.]. 1669 Burnett Family Papers in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Disclamatioun The samyn landis..to be saiff and frie from all allienationes,..forfaltis, recognitiones, disclamationes, purprestures, conjunctfies [etc.]. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. v. 165 Disclamation is that causality, whereby a vassal forfeits his whole feu to his superiour, if he disowns or disclaims him without ground, as to any part of it. a1789 W. Ross Lect. Pract. Law Scotl. (1792) II. 177 Disclamation..now happily exploded from our practice. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 290 Disclamation signifies a vassal's disavowal..of a person as a superior, whether the person so disclaimed be the superior or not. 1993 Stair Memorial Encycl. XVIII. 86 There is some evidence that the idea of disclamation could work in reverse, so that a serious breach of faith by the superior to his vassal could cause tinsel of the superiority. 2. The action of disclaiming; renunciation, repudiation, denial; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > repudiation or refusal to acknowledge > [noun] unknowledgea1400 disclaimc1436 disappropriation1555 abrenunciation1557 disclaiming1574 disavowry1588 disavowing1602 disclamation1606 disavowment1618 disavower1648 disavowal1660 disavowancea1716 disclaimer1748 repudiation1858 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xiii. sig. Dv The constant silence of the insuspect auncients does testifie their misknowledgment and disclamation of the same. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iv. ii. 403 Let..servants..count their (infidell) masters worthy of all honour; not worthy therefore of desertion, and disclamation. 1772 Scots Mag. 457 Mr. Wallace's disclamation of a late publication. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. vi. 85 The bibliopolist greeted him, notwithstanding every disclamation, by the title of Doctor. View more context for this quotation 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xviii. 275 I cannot tell with what sort of disclamation I sought to reply. 1961 Financial Times 28 Nov. In a note of disclamation, he avers: This is not a historical novel. 2009 N.Y. Mag. (Nexis) 26 Oct. But the headlines Hillary generated back home..had precious little to do with her official duties as secretary of State. They were about her disclamation of any interest in a future presidential bid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1536 |
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