PRESTA'TION, noun [Latin proestatio.] Formerly, a payment of money; sometimes used for purveyance.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
PRESTA'TION, noun [Latin proestatio.] Formerly, a payment of money; sometimes used for purveyance.
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