JACTUS LAPILLI

jactus lapilli

jactus lapilli (jak-t[schwa]s l[schwa]-pil-I). [Latin “the throwing down of a stone”] Roman law. A landowner’s throwing of a small stone onto a neighbor’s land to symbolically protest construction that could threaten the thrower’s interest. Cf. NOVI OPERIS NUNTIATIO.

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