What does missprision mean?
Missprision means (law, rare) Obsolete spelling of misprision..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(law, rare) Obsolete spelling of misprision..
[I]f any persone were perceiued to be absent, or were sene to laughe at the folye of the emperour [Nero], he was forthe with accused, as it were, of missprision: whereby the emperour founde occasion to committe him to prison or to put hym to tortures.
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Missprision means (law, rare) Obsolete spelling of misprision..
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[I]f any persone were perceiued to be absent, or were sene to laughe at the folye of the emperour [Nero], he was forthe with accused, as it were, of missprision: whereby the emperour founde occasion to committe him to prison or to put hym to tortures.
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