SUPPLICATIO

supplicatio

supplicatio (s[schwa]p-li-kay-shee-oh), n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. A petition to the emperor requesting him to decide a case, not already before a court, in first instance or, sometimes, to reopen a case in which no appeal is normally allowed. “Another mode was supplicatio, petition to the Emperor by a private person, not allowed when the

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