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Bpistola

Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1891)

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A letter; a charter; an instrument in writing for conveyance of lands or assurance of contracts. Calvin; Spelmoan. EPISTOLAs.

In the clvil law. Reseripts; opinions given by the emperors in cases submitted to them for decision. Answers of the emperors to petitions. The answers of counsellors, (jtris-consulti,) as Ulpian and others, to questions of law proposed to them, were also called “epistole.” Opinions written out. The term originally signified the same as diter@. Vicat.