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malegestura

malegestura [malus+gestura; OF male+gesture] , evil deed, bad behaviour, misdemeanour. a1564 exonerat erga regiam celsitudinem heredes ‥ de omnibus proditionibus, feloniis, roberiis, ‥ deceptionibus, ~is, forisfacturis Entries 600b; 1587 licebit ‥ amovere ‥ vicarios ‥ quos alicujus notorii criminis reos aut vite scandalose vel ~e fore deprehenderint Pat 1301 m. 35; 1630 si ‥ aliquam ~am vel insolenciam contra dictos gubernatorem et assistentes committent Gild Merch. II 369.

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