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.