Opp
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A contraction of obtulit or optulit, in the old books. A. opp' see versus B. quarto die, A. offered himself against B. on the fourth day. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 65, § 11; Id. c. 67, § 2. OPPIDUM (Lat.) A town. Dig. 50. 16. 239. 7. OPPIGNERARE (Lat.)
In the civil law. To pledge. Calv. Lex. OPPOSER (Law Lat. oppositor).
In old English law. An officer in the court of exchequer. See "Foreign Apposer." Sometimes treated as a corrupted form of apposer {q. v.), but there are good reasons for considering it as the genuine word. other appear in a clearer light. 4 Bac. Works, 256, 268, 353.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
For Obtnlit se, he offered himself; an when one party made default. Optima est legis interpres consuetudo, I. interpreter of laws. Optima est lex quee quit arbitrio judicis, optimus judex qui that law is best which leaves least to the judge's judge, who leaves least to himself. Optimus usus: usage is the best interpreter of things.