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Contramandare

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Z. I In old English law. To countermand.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from contra, against, and mandare, to command.] In old English law. To command against; to make an order contrary to a former order; to countermand.* St dies placiti sit contramandatus; if the day of the plea or day to plead be countermanded. LL. Hen. I. c. 59.