Rectum
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
STARE AD. To stand trial or abide by the sentence of the court. RECTUS IN CURIA (Lat. right in court). The condition of one who stands at the bar, against whom no one objects any offense, or prefers any charge. When a person outlawed has reversed his outlawry, so that he can have the benefit of the law, he is said to be rectus in curia. Jacob.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat Right; also a trial or accusation. Bract; Cowell.
— Rectum esse. To be right in court.-
— Rectum rogare. To ask for right; to petition the judge to do right.
— Rectum, stare ad. To stand trial or abide by the sentence of the court.