clam

clam (klam), adv. [Latin] Roman & civil law. Secretly; covertly. • Under Roman law, an act (such as occupying or altering the condition of someone else’s property) was committed clam when it was done with the intent to conceal it in an effort to avoid liability. See INTERDICTUM QUOD VI AUT CLAM.

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