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dehors

Definition of dehors

preposition

Law
  • other than, not including, or outside the scope of: where a trust is dehors a will, the beneficiary will not even know of the trustee the plea shows that no request, dehors the letter, existed

Origin:

early 18th century: from an Old French usage as a preposition (in modern French functioning as an adverb and noun)

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Definition of dehors in the US English dictionary
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