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Sometimes seen in Scots law as malversation, as in this case from 1848 against William Mitchell, innkeeper and provost, Thomas Tait, writer and town clerk, and William Wells, shoemaker and Procurator-Fiscal, in Lochmaben. The case was eventually dropped. #LegalHistory #Scotland https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1619984743759773696

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“Word of the day is ‘malverse’ (17th century): to act corruptly in a position of trust.”

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