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Oratrix

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The feminine form of "orator." ORCINUS LIBERTUS (Lat.)

In Roman law. A freedman who obtained his liberty by the direct operation of the will or testament of his deceased master was so called, being the freedman of the deceased (ordnus), not of the haeres. Brown.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A female petitioner.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A female petitioner; a female plaintiff in a hill in chancery was formerly so called.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

<A female petitioner; a fe male plaintiff in a bill in chancery was formerly so valled.