praescissio

praescissio [CL praescindere+-sio] 1 cutting off. prescindo ‥ inde prescissus, ~o Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 547. 2 (transf.) cutting out (of superfluity). 1422 excessum [sc. annui census] cum acie discrecionis prescindere, et, ~one facta, unumquamque juxta ‥ facultatem ‥ retaxare Reg. Whet. II 404.