Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from de, and finire, from finisj a bound or limit.] In the civil law. To define; to explcdn a thing, {quid res sit explicare.) Calv. Le,x, Jurid. To lay down a rule, {pro regula aliquid statuere.) Id.