LITEM DENUNTIARE

litem denuntiare (lI-tem d[schwa]-n[schwa]n-shee-air-ee). [Latin “to announce a suit”] Roman law. 1. The summoning of a defendant by a magistrate exercising cognitio in the late classical period. 2. The notification by a buyer to the seller of a claim by a third party to the things sold. — Also spelled litem denunciare. Cf. LITIS DENUNTIATIO.