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kēhi

1. (loan) (verb) to be settled (of a court case, etc.).

See also kua kēhi


2. (loan) (noun) case.

I te mākete kāpia i Rānana e whitu rau e rima tekau pāka, arā kēhi i hokona (HTK 22/4/1893:2). / In the gum market in London 750 boxes, that is cases, were sold.

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3. (loan) (noun) court case.

Kāti ka whakaaturia atu nei e ahau ki a koutou, ko aua kēhi i pānuitia kia tū ki Ōtāwhiwhi, ka nukuhia atu ki Ōtuawāhia ā te 14 o ngā rā o Tīhema, 1896 (KTP 29/9/1896:15). / Well, I will tell you that those court cases that were announced to be held at Ōtāwhiwhi will be moved to Ōtuawāhia on the 14 December, 1896.

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