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recredentia

recredentia [recredens pr. ppl. of recredere+-ia; cf. credentia] , bail, agreement by which prisoner or hostage is released temporarily once guarantee for his return is given. 1279 Johannes dedit ad ~iam ‥ Amanevo medietatem parve justicie de Lingonio et medietatem pedagii ferri crudi cum fructibus inde perceptis RGasc II 77a; 1295 [the king of France shall deliver the king’s hostages under an understanding for their redelivery] sub ~ia CalCl 451; 1314 ubi ~ia vel malleuta, secundum foras et consuetudines partium illarum, dari debent, denegate fuerunt Foed. III 505; 1361 tractatus ‥ super ~ia dictorum obsidum et elongancia terminorum solucionis financie regis Francie CalExch I 199.

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