indicavit
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin , meaning "he has indicated".
Noun[edit]
indicavit (plural indicavits)
- (UK, law) A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts.
- 1791, John Mallory, Modern Entries, in English:
- This act recited, that thentofore suits met with unmeet delays, by the indicavits being sued out before the suit in the spiritual court was recorded
References[edit]
- “indicavit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
indicāvit