Copia
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat.
In civil and old English law. Opportunity or means of access.
In old English law. A copy. Copia libelli, the copy of a libel. Reg. Orig. 58.
— Copia libelli deliberanda. The name of a writ that lay where a man, could not get a copy of a libel at the hands of a spiritual judge, to have the same delivered to him. Reg. Orig. 51.
— Copia vera. In Scotch practice. A true copy. Words written at the top of copies of instruments.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I.
In civil and old English law. Opportunity or means of access. Copiam facere: to grant opportunity of access. Copiani habere: to have access, or the means of inspection. Copiam prajstare: to grant opportunity. Copiam scrip tura! facere: to grant an opportunity of knowing the contents of a writing, as by showing it
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Lat.
In civil and old English law. Opportunity or means of access, In old English law. <A copy. Copia libelli, the copy of a libel. Reg. Orig. 38.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. 1. Opportunity; means of access. 2. A copy. Copulatio verborum indicat acceptationem in eodem sensu, l. The coupling together of words shows that they are to be understood in the same sense.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. Opportunity or means of access. Copiam/acere; to grant opportunity of access. Sui copiam facere; to put one's self within another's reach; to grant the means of access; to appear in court. Bract, fol. 20 b, 364 b. Sui copiam non facere; to fail to appear to an action. Inst. 1. 26. 9. Copiam scripturcB facere; to grant an opportunity of knowing the contents of a writing, as by showing it. Bract, fol. 34. Copiam habere; to have access, or the means of inspection. Id. fol. 389 b. See Copy.