significavit
Meanings
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.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin significāvit (“he has signified”), from significāre (“to signify”).
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