litem denuntiare

litem denuntiare (lI-tem d[schwa]-n[schwa]n-shee-air-ee). [Latin “to announce a suit”] Roman law.

1. The summoning of a defendant by a magistrate exercising cognitio in the late classical period.

2. The notification by a buyer to the seller of a claim by a third party to the things sold. — Also spelled litem denunciare. Cf. LITIS DENUNTIATIO.

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