indicavit
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indicāvit (“he has indicated”).
Noun
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
- “indicavit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Verb
indicāvit
- third-person singular perfect active indicative of indicō