praetensio

praetensio, praetentio [ML < praetensus, praetentus p. ppl. of CL praetendere+-io] 1 (act of putting forward as) allegation or assertion. hoc illam constat patrasse sub alterius ~tentione Gosc. Transl. Mild. 37 p. 210; s1237 non cessat ‥ sophista sue girare volumina fraudis et in false ~tentionis studere fallaciis M. Par. Maj. III 428. 2 (act of) unauthorized claim (to an office), asserting unauthorized claim (to an office), pretence. argumenta ‥ contra ~tensionem Edwardi usurpatoris militancia Fortescue Tit. Edw. 14.

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