SACRAMENTUM DECISIONIS

sacramentum decisionis (sak-r[schwa]-men-t[schwa]m di-sizh-ee-oh-nis). [Latin “the oath of decision”] Civil law. The offer by one party to accept the opposing party’s oath as decisive of the issues involved in a lawsuit. Pl. sacramenta decisionis. “The defendant or person accused was … to make oath of his own innocence, and to produce a certain number of […]