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probatrix

probatrix [ML < CL probare+-trix] , (sb. f.) one who confesses guilt, accuses an accomplice, and seeks (through proxy) to prove accusation by combat (in quot. dist. as ~ix regis). 1155 in liberatione Willelmi filii Warini probatoris vj s. et viij d. ‥ et in liberatione cujusdam femine ~icis regis xv s. et ij d. et ob. Pipe 4.

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