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accapitare

accapitare [cf. achevare] 1 to acknowledge feudal liability. 1226 habuit v heredes que ~are debent domino regi, et non ~ant nisi due earum LTR Mem 8 r. 12d.; 1240 quelibet ipsarum [sororum] separatim debet ~are domino regi BNB III 288; cum ‥ plures fuerint coheredes, ‥ omnes acapitabunt filie primogenite et maritus primogenite homagium faciet domino capitali de toto feodo Bracton 78; omisso illo medio, [tenens medii tenentis] capitali domino acapitet et ei respondeat de eisdem serviciis Fleta 107 (cf. ib. 416). 2 to abut. 12‥ dimidiam acram ‥ que ~at super culturam dictarum sanctimonialium Cart. Harrold 11d..

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