Prosternere
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
(Lat.)
In old Eagllsh law. To throw down; to break or pull down; to abate.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I In old English law. To throw down; to abate. Prostratns: thrown down.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. To throw down, abate. Protectio trahit subjectionem et subjectio The protection [of a sovereign] draws after subjection, protection.