exceptedadj.prep.
/ɛkˈsɛptɪd/ A. adj.absolute.a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 338 All the Churches..(who do all submit themselves to Bishops, or Superintendents, except the fore-excepted).
1. In senses of the verb.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > [adjective] > excepted
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a1569 A. Kingsmill Viewe Mans Estate (1580) v. 21 They eate of the excepted tree.
1649 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 132 Articles contayning nothing in relacion to excepted persons but leave to transport themselves.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 426 Some..who never touch'd Th' excepted Tree. View more context for this quotation
1692 W. Lowth Vindication (1699) 54 The third instance of Excepted Cases.
1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. vii. 107 It is extremely rash..to deduce the nature..of prophecy from doubtful and excepted cases.
2. excepted district n. see quot. 1945.
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1944 D. J. Beattie & P. S. Taylor New Law Educ. 13 The council of an excepted district shall then make, after consulting the Local Education Authority, their own scheme of divisional administration.
1945 Educational System (H.M.S.O.) 58 Excepted District, borough or urban district excepted from the scheme of divisional administration prepared by a county L.E.A. and granted special status as a divisional executive.
1958 Times 19 Dec. 2/3 (advt.) Lancashire Education Committee. Widnes Excepted District... Headmaster required.
Obsolete.
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1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Henry Percy f. xxvii The bluddy tyrant brought them all to ende Excepted me.
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excepted peril n. Law a risk expressly excluded from the terms of a contract, esp. one not covered by an insurance policy (frequently in plural).
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1832 J. Story Comm. Law Bailments vi. 319 He [sc. a person contracted to carry goods] is treated as an insurer against all but the excepted perils.
1874 Amer. Law Rev. Oct. 163 The goods were not lost by an excepted peril.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 304/2 The list of excepted perils..usually included perils of the seas, robbers and pirates, restraint of princes and rulers, [etc.].
1973 Guardian 6 Aug. 15/3 (advt.) Failure caused by an excepted peril such as riots, labour disputes and power cuts.
2016 P. Todd Princ. Carriage Goods by Sea iv. 69 If the vessel is unseaworthy, the shipowner cannot rely on excepted perils.
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