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 * 1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book XV, Chapter v, leaf 331v
 * And thenne all the felaushyp of the castel were ouercome for the defaute of hym
 * "And then all the fellowship of the castle were overcome for the default of him. "
 * ("for the defaut of him" = in spite of his absence.)


 * 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
 * Mr. Bennet's property consisted almost entirely in an estate of two thousand a year, which, unfortunately for his daughters, was entailed, in default of heirs male, on a distant relation; and their mother's fortune, though ample for her situation in life, could but ill supply the deficiency of his. Her father had been an attorney in Meryton, and had left her four thousand pounds.