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Dehors
De*hors"\, prep. [F., outside.] (Law) Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.Dehors
De*hors"\, n. (Mil.) All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover. --Farrow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: de·hors
Pronunciation: dE-'horz, d&-'hor
Function: preposition
Etymology: Anglo-French, outside of
: out of (as an agreement, record, or will) : foreign to
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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