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Definition: Leasing making
Leasing
\Leas"ing\, n. [AS. le['a]sung, fr. le['a]s loose,
false, deceitful. See
-less,
Loose, a.]
The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies. [Archaic]
--Spenser.
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Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing. --Ps. v. 6.
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Blessed be the lips that such a leasing told.
--Fairfax.
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Leasing making (Scots Law), the uttering of lies or libels
upon the personal character of the sovereign, his court,
or his family. --Bp. Burnet.
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