Litis Contestatio
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In the Civil and Canon Law. Contestation of suit; the_ process of contesting a suit by the opposing statements of the respective parties; the process of coming to an issue; the attainment of an issue; the issue itself. In the Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts. The general answer made by the defendant, in which he denies the matter charged against him in the libel. Halifax, Civ. Law, bk. 8, c 11, No. 9.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat In the civil and canon law. Contestation of suit; the process of contesting a suit by the opposing statements of the respective parties; the process of coming to an issue; the attainment of an issue; the issue itself. In the practice of the ecclesiastical courts. The general answer made by the defendant, in which he denies the matter charged against him in the libel. Halllfax, Civll Law, b. 3, c. 11, no. 9.
In admiralty practice. The general Issue. 2 Browne, Civil & Adm. Law, 358, and note.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the civil and canon law. Contestation of suit; the process of contesting a suit by the opposing statements of the respective parties; the process of coming to an issue; theattainmentof an issue; the issue itself, In tbe practice of the ecclesiastical courts. ‘The general anawer made by the defendant, in which he denies the matter admiralty practice. The general 2 Browne, Civil & Adm. Law, 358, d note. wnership, control, or direction ofasuit. A on of law by which the employment of an attorney or proctor (procurator) in a suit _ was authorized or justified, he being supposed to become. by the appointment of his princi- _ pal (doaminus) or client, the dominus litis. einece. Elem. lib. 4, tit. 10, §§ 1246, 1247. Litis nomen omnem actionem sighificat, sive in rem, sive in personam sit. Co, Litt.292. A lawsuitsignifies every action, whether it be in rem or in personam.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. In civil and canon to an issue, in pleading. In ecclesiastical answer and denial of the defendant.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
civil rower, withopt paying for it. 2 law. The contesting of the suit, or. Kent’s Com. 446, 447. Sir William pleading the general issue. Vide + ' Jones defines it to be a bailment of 2 Bro. Civ. and Adm. Law, 358. a thing for a certain time, to be used