vocatio in jus

vocatio in jus (voh-kay-shee-oh in j[schwa]s). [Latin] Roman law. A plaintiff’s oral summoning of a defendant to go before a magistrate. • The vocatio in jus occurred when the plaintiff would summon the defendant in formal words to accompany the plaintiff.

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