excussion

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excussion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Excussion \Ex*cus"sion\, n. [L. excussio a shaking down; LL., a
     threshing of corn: cf. F. excussion.]
     The act of excusing; seizure by law. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
     [1913 Webster]