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misprision: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: The Lectric Law Library - Misprision.	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 12, 2018
	Added new Web site: Anti-defamation League - Legal definition of Misprision.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 06, 2007
	Added new Web site: The Lectric Law Library - Misprision.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 06, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998