nimious
(Scottish, law, obsolete) ; extravagant; inordinate; vexatious.
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(Scottish, law, obsolete) ; extravagant; inordinate; vexatious.
But instead of that, they raised this prejudicial question, and upon that ensues a litigation, the most nimious I ever saw, even on the part of a corporate body, whose annals generally abound with instances of nimious procedure.
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