Explicatio
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
(Civil Law) A pleading corresponding to a common-law surrejoinder.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the civil law. The fourth plcading; equivalent to the surrejoinder of the common law. Calvin.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I.
In the civil law. A pleadiug surrejo nder of the common law.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the civil law. The fourth pleading; equivalent to the surrejoinder of the common law. Calvin.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat.
In the civil law. A pleading corresponding with the surrejoinder of the common law; (allegatio infirmans supplicationem.) Calv. Lex. Jur. Spiegelius, cited ibid. See Supplicatio.