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A phrase contained in a bill of lading, denoting that the goods are shipped in apparently good condition. Clark v. Barnwell, 12 How. (U. S.) 273, 13 L. Ed. 985. C0NTESTATI0 LITIS. In Civil Law. The statement and answer of the plaintiff and defendant, thus bringing the case before the judge, conducted usually in the presence of witnesses. Calvinus, Lex. This sense is retained in the canon law. 1 Kaufm. Mackeldey, C. L. 205. A cause is said to be contestata when the judge begins to hear the cause after an account of the claims, given not through pleadings, but by statement of the plaintiff and answer of the defendant. Calvinus, Lex. In Old English Law. Coming to an issue; the issue so produced. Steph. PI. App. n. 39; Crabb, Hist. 216.