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mise

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The issue in a writ of right.

Other meanings

2. noun

Expense; cost; disbursement.

3. noun

A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the county palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the earldom.

4. verb

To make a risky move with no regard for the consequences when the alternative is certain defeat.

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