Meanings
adverbin haec verba (not comparable)
- not comparablelawIn these exact words; verbatim.
Good pleading requires that the exact words spoken or written must be set out in the declaration in haec verba.
1939, Justice Edward W. Hudgins, Federal Land Bank of Baltimore v. Birchfield, 173 Va. 200, 215, 3 S.E.2d 405, 410 (1939). https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914cc0eadd7b049348075411 more example
God hath given you, as him, yea as all the saints, a sure promise, not to leave nor forsake you. Let us all repass the same to his majesty in haec verba.
1645, Letter from Thomas Peters to John Winthrop (April 2, 1645). https://archive.org/details/winthroppapersv5wint/page/n127/mode/2up?q=%22in+haec+verba%22
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