LIBELLUS CONVENTIONIS

libellus conventionis (l[schwa]-bel-[schwa]s k[schwa]n-ven-shee-oh-nis). [Latin] Roman law. The statement of a plaintiff’s claim in a petition sent to the magistrate, who directs its delivery to the defendant. “The libellus conventionis was very like the intentio of the formulary system, and the modern statement of claim, since it set forth in a succinct manner the nature […]