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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In civil law
(1) The answers of the prince to questions put to him by private persons respecting some doubtful point of law.
See "Rescript." (2) Summoning an absentee. Dig. 1. 5. (3) The designation of a place of deportation. Dig. 32. 1. 3.