Definition of Clypeus Or Clipeus

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Clypeus or Clipeus
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    In old English law. A shield; metaphorically one of a noble family. Clypei prostrati, noble famllies extinct Mat. Paris, 463.