APOCHA TRIUM ANNORUM

apocha trium annorum (ap-[schwa]-k[schwa] trI-[schwa]m [schwa]-nor-[ schwa]m). [Latin “receipt for three years”] Scots law. Hist. Receipts for three consecutive periodic payments, the production of which gave rise to a presumption that prior installments had been properly paid. “The production by the debtor of receipts for the last three consecutive installments of a termly payment, such […]