Apices litigandi

Extremely fine points or subtleties of litigation neurly equivalent to the modern phrase "sharp practice." Rap. & Lawr. Law Diet., citing 3 Burr. 1243. APOCA (Lat). A writing acknowledging payments; acquittance. It differs from acceptilation In this, that acceptilation imports a complete discharge of the former obligation whether payment be made or not; apoca discharge only upon payment being made. Calvinus, Lex. APOCRISARIUS (Lat.). In Civil Law. A messenger; an ambassador. Applied to legatees or messengers, as they carried the messages (.arronpioeig) of their principals. They performed several duties distinct in character, but generally pertaining to ecclesiastical affairs. A messenger sent to transact ecclesiastical business and report to his superior; an officer who had charge of the treasury of a monastic edifice; an officer who took charge of opening and closing the doors. Du Cange; Spelman, Gloss.; Calvinus, Lex. Apocrisarius Oancellarius. An officer who took charge of the royal seal and signed royal despatches. Called, also, secretarius, consiliarius (from his giving advice); referendarius; a consiliis (from his acting as counsellor); a responsis, or responsalis.

Extremely fine points, or subtleties of litigation. Nearly equivalent to the modern phrase “sharp practice.” “It is unconscionable in a defendant to take advantage of the apices litigandi, to turn a plaintiff around and make him pay costs when his demand is just.” Per Lord Mansfield, in 3 Burr. 1243.