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Abbreviatio

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. l, Abbreviation.

In old English law. Contraction in the writing in old records and law writings. Abbreviationnm ille nnmerus et sensus accipiendns est, nt concessio non sit inanis: in abbreviations that number and that sense are to be taken, by which the grant is not rendered void.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. An abbreviation. Abbreviationum ille numerus et sensus accipiendus est, ut concessio non sit inanis. In abbreviations, that number [whether singular or plural,] and that sense is to be taken by which the grant is not rendered void. 9 Co. 48.