Prolongation
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Time added to the duration of something. When the time is lengthened during which a party is to perform a contract, the sureties of such a party are, in general, discharged, unless the sureties consent to such prolongation. In the civil law, the prolongation of time to the principal did not discharge the surety.
Dig. 2. 14. 27; Id. 12. 1. 40.
PROLYTAE (Lat.) In Roman law. The term used to denominate students of law during the fifth and last year of their studies. They were left during this year very much to their own direction, and took the tions.
See Dig. Pref. Prim. Const. 2; Calv. Lex.