Initium
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
(Lat.) A, or the beginning; the origin, cause or foundation of a thing, act or contract.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A beginning.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. A, or the, beginning; the origin, cause or foundation of a thing.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. The beginning.