defestuco

Latin

Etymology

dē- (de-) +‎ festūca (rod as a symbol of legal authority) +‎ (suffix forming verbs)

Verb

dēfestūcō (present infinitive dēfestūcāre, perfect active dēfestūcāvī, supine dēfestūcātum); first conjugation

  1. (Medieval Latin) to waive
    • 1145, Thierry, Count of Flanders, “carta”, in Flandrische Staats- und Rechtsgeschichte bis zum Jahr 1305, volume 3/2, published 1839, page 232:
      omnemque deinceps contra sanctum Bavonem injusticiam suam deposuit et defestucavit
      and thereafter he relinquished and waived every wrong of his against [the church of] Saint Bavo

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