ABBREVIATIO PLACITORUM

abbreviatio placitorum

Abbreviatio Placitorum ([schwa]-bree-vee-ay-shee-oh plas-i-tor-[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin “summary of the pleas”] Hist. An abstract of pleadings culled from the rolls of the Curia Regis, Parliament, and common-law courts from the 12th to 14th centuries, compiled in the 17th century, printed in 1811, and attributed variously to Arthur Agarde, Deputy Chamberlain of the Exchequer, and to

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