Hist. Also 6 expeditacion. [ad. med.L. expeditātiōn-em, n. of action f. expeditāre: see EXPEDITATE.] The action of ‘expeditating’ or ‘lawing’ a dog.

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1502.  Chart. Forests, in Arnolde, Chron. (1811), 209. Fro hensforth be ther noo one taken for expeditacion of houndis.

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a. 1693.  Ashmole, Antiq. Berks. (1719), II. 425. The king granted to him … Freedom from Expeditation of Dogs.

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1768.  Blackstone, Comm., III. 72. The Court of regard … holden … for the lawing or expeditation of mastiffs.

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1885.  M. Collins, in Eng. Illustr. Mag., 586/1. These permitted dogs had to suffer expeditation.

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