indicavit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indicāvit (he has indicated).

Noun

indicavit (plural indicavits)

  1. (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

Latin

Verb

indicāvit

  1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of indicō