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rescussio

rescussio [AN rescus; cf. reexcussio < CL re-+LL excussio] 1 forcible recovery, illegal rescue: a (of animal that is being distrained before it has been impounded); b (of person who has been arrested but is not yet in safe custody). a 1202 recussit averia capta et servientem domini sui vulneravit ‥ arestavit eum donec inveniret plegios standi recto et de vulneracione et recussione SelPlCrown 18; 1268 si contingat me ‥ ~onem averiorum meorum vel aliquam aliam transgressionem ‥ domino meo ‥ inferre Cl 511; 1279 de ~one averiorum PQW 349a; 1305 aliqua averia per vicecomitem ‥ capta rescusserunt ‥ quesiti ‥ si ‥ episcopi ‥ fuerunt in auxilium ~onis predicte ‥ dicunt quod non Reg. Heref. 410.  b 1219 rettato de quadam ~one unius hominis capti pro morte cujusdam hominis CurR VIII 85. 2 act of delivering or seizing (castle) again. 1253 et in reexcussione [v. l. ~one] castri Rogeri de Monte Alto Pipe Chesh 79; 1260 Lewelinus ‥ obsedit castrum. ‥ ad ~onem ‥ castri ‥ auxilium efficax ‥ apponi faciatis RL II 150; 1340 castrum ‥ de Stryvelyn ‥ obsederunt. ‥ nos advertentes hoc in totius regni ‥ dampnum ‥ posse manifestius redundare nisi tunc fieret ~o bellicosa RScot 600b.

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