Meaning & use
Expeditated
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In old English forest law, describing a dog that had part of its forefeet claws removed to prevent it from chasing deer.
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The manor rolls recorded which hunting dogs had been expeditated that year.
Under forest law, a dog that was neither lawed nor expeditated could be seized if found in the woods.
A note on using this word
An extremely obscure historical and legal term from medieval English forest law, rarely seen outside legal history texts.
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