INTERDICTUM

interdictum (in-t[schwa]r-dik-t[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman law. A summary order to secure the applicant’s rights by preventing something from being done (prohibitory interdict) or requiring property to be produced (exhibitory interdict) or restored (restitutory interdict). • A party might apply for an interdictum when some wrong had been done, or was likely to be done, and […]