DE EXCUSATIONIBUS

de excusationibus (dee ek-skyoo-zay-shee-oh-ni-b[schwa]s). [Latin “of excuses”] Roman law. The first title of the 27th book of the Digest, containing a person’s legal excuses from serving as tutor or curator. • It is primarily drawn from the Greek work of Herennius Modestinus. See DIGEST(2).