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"en:Law"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1607, John Cowell, The Interpreter",
"text": "They also make forthe writs of executions, and of seifin, writs of super seders, for appearance to exigents",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A writ in proceedings before outlawry."
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"writ",
"writ#Noun"
],
[
"proceedings",
"proceedings"
],
[
"outlawry",
"outlawry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, British, law) A writ in proceedings before outlawry."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"obsolete"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛɡ.zɪ.d͡ʒənt/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-exigent.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-exigent.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "exigeant"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krájnostʹ",
"sense": "extremity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кра́йность"
}
],
"word": "exigent"
}
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