absolvitor
absolvitor (ab-sol-vi-t[schwa]r), n. Scots law. A decision in a civil action in favor of the defender; an acquittal. — absolvitory, adj.
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decreet
decreet (di-kreet), n. [fr. Latin decretum] Archaic Scots law. A court’s final judgment; a decree. • Decree is now the usual term. decreet absolvitor (ab-zol-vi-t[schwa]r or -tor), n. See decree absolvitor under DECREE. decreet arbitral (ahr-bi-tr[schwa]l), n. See decree arbitral under DECREE. decreet cognitionis causa (kog-nish-ee-oh-nis kaw-z[schwa]), n. See decree cognitionis causa under DECREE. decreet
nihil novit
nihil novit (nI-hil noh-vit). [Law Latin] Scots law. He knew nothing. • The phrase appeared in reference to a defendant’s oath denying any knowledge of the matter in issue. “[A] defender may swear that he knows nothing of the matter referred, and so obtain absolvitor; but such an answer would not avail any defender in
non memini
non memini (non mem-[schwa]-nI). [Law Latin] Scots law. I do not remember. • The phrase appeared in reference to an oath in which one person swore no remembrance of a transaction. “Where a party to whose oath the resting-owing of a debt, or a payment, is referred, swears that he does not remember receiving the