See Roy on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1225, Fuero enmendado del concejo de Sahagún otorgado por Alfonso X en romance, con acuerdo del abad y convento del monasterio, en cuya cláusula final se concede como supletorio el fuero del libro real:",
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