responsa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.

Word forms

responsa responsum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin respōnsa, plural of respōnsum (“answer”).

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