ET HOC PARATUS EST VERIFICARE

et hoc paratus est verificare (et hok p[schwa]-ray-t[schwa]s est ver-[ schwa]-fi-kair-ee). [Latin] And this he is prepared to verify. • This phrase traditionally concluded a plea in confession and avoidance, or any pleading that contained new affirmative matter. A pleading containing this phrase was technically said to “conclude with a verification,” as opposed to a […]