Contraescritura
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Spanish law. Counter letter. An instrument, usually executed in secret, for the purpose of showing that an act of sale, or some other public instrument, has a different purpose from that imported on its face. Acts of this CONTRAFACTIO (Lat.) Counterfeiting; as, contrafactio sigilli regis, counterfeiting the king's seal. Cowell; Reg. Orig. 42. See "Counterfeit." ■
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Spanish Law. Counter-letter. An instrument, usually executed in secret, for the purpose of showing that an act of sale, or some other public instrument, has a different purpose from that imported on its face. Acts of this kind, though binding on the parties, have no effect as to third persons. CONTRAFACTIO (Lat). Counterfeiting: as, contrafactio sigilli regis (counterfeiting the king's seal). Cowell; Beg. Orig. 42. See Counterfeit. CONTRARQTULATOR (Fr. contrerouleur). A controller. One whose business it was to observe the money which the collectors had gathered for the use of the king or the people. Cowell. C0NTRAR0TULAT0R PIP/E. An officer of the exchequer that writeth out summons twice every year to the sheriffs to levy the farms (rents) and debts of the pipe. Blount.