Note 12 — Chapter VI · THE UNIVERSITY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
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The meaning of ‘determination’ is still the subject of dispute. Mr. Boase, in the preface to his Register of the University of Oxford, explains it thus: ‘After taking his degree, the bachelor “determined,” that is, instead of disputing himself, he presided over disputations, and gave out his determination or decision on the questions discussed.’