significavit

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noun

A writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.

OriginLatin significāvit →
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Meanings

nounsignificavit (plural significavits)

plural significavits

  1. UKhistoricallawA writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.

    the Kings Courts can receive Significavits from none but the person to whom (if need be) they may write to discharge the Prisoner

    1682, English Liberties

Origin

  1. Latinsignificāvit“he has signified”
  2. Englishsignificavit

Borrowed from Latin significāvit (“he has signified”), from significāre (“to signify”).

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