controlment

controlment

(kənˈtrəʊlmənt)
n
1. archaic power to direct or determine
2. archaic a means of regulation or restraint
3. obsolete the act of controlling financial accounts
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If thou be a Jew, a Turk, or believest in the devil (so thou spread not thine opinions abroad), thou art free from all controlment'.
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(29) This is even apparent in King John's early reply to the French King's threat of war: 'Here have we war for war and blood for blood, / Controlment for controlment' (I.ii.1920).
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who had to post bond to keep the peace, on pain of forfeiting the security" (Public Record Office, Court of King's Bench, Controlment Roll, Michaelmas Term 1496, K.B.
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