Litis Contestatio
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In the Civil and Canon Law. Contestation of suit; the_ process of contesting a suit by the opposing statements of the respective parties; the process of coming to an issue; the attainment of an issue; the issue itself. In the Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts. The general answer made by the defendant, in which he denies the matter charged against him in the libel. Halifax, Civ. Law, bk.
8, c 11, No. 9.