Incipitur

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

It is begun.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat It is begun; it begins. In old practice, when the pleadings in an action at law, instead of being recited at large on the issue-roll, were set out merely by their commencements, this was described as entering the incipitur; i. e., the beginning.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

L I. It is begun; a term applied, in English practice, to an entry on the roll in an action by giving merely the commencement - of the pleadings or other proceedings.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat. It is begun; it begins. In old practice, when the pleadings in an action at law, instead of being recited Il at large on the issue-roll, were set out merely hy their commencements, this was described 8 entering the tzcipitur,; t. ¢., the begining.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. It is begun: a term apphed to an abbreviated entry on the record, as of a judgment or other proceeding.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

practice. This word, which means “ it is begun,” signifies the commencement of the entry on the roll on signing judgment, &c.