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ALSATIA (the old
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French
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province of
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Alsace)  ,
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long a " debatable ground " between
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France and
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Germany, and hence a name applied in the 17th
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century to the
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district of Whitefriars, between the
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Thames and
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Fleet
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Street, in
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London, which afforded
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sanctuary (q.v.) to debtors and criminals . The privileges were abolished in 1697 . The
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term is also used generally of any
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refuge for criminals .

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