Adnotatio
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In the Civil law. The subscription of a name or signature to an instrument.
Co.d. 4, 19, 5, 7.
A rescript of the prince or emperor, signed with his own hand, or sign-manual. Coke 1, 19, 1. "In the imperial law, casual homicide was excused by the indulgence of the emperor, signed with hla own sign-manual, annotatione principis."
4 Bl. Comm. 187.