Adnotatio
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In the civil law. The subscription of a name or signature to an instrument.
Cod. 4, 19, 5, 7.
A rescript of the prince or emperor, signed with his own hand, or sign-manual. Cod. 1, 19,1. “In the imperial law, casuai homicide was excused by the indulgence of the emperor, signed with his own sign-manual, annotatione principis.”
4 Bl. Comm. 187.