Coarctare
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
coartare, I. In old limit, or confine. Coarctata:
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from con, together, and arctus, close.] To straiten, restrain, narrow, limit or confine. Bracton uses coarctari as the opposite of ampliari. Bract. fol. 17 b. Coarctata; limited or restrained.