NOMEN TRANSCRIPTICIUM

nomen transcripticium (noh-men tran-skrip-tish-ee-[schwa]m). [Latin “entry (in an account) transferred”] Roman law. A creditor’s entry of a money debt into a new account (expensilatio) after closing another account, thereby creating, with the debtor’s permission, a literal contract from an existing obligation, which may or may not have been enforceable. Pl. nomina transcripticia. “The subject will, […]