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Salutem

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Greeting.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

2. Health; greeting; prosperity; salvation.

In old English law. A formal word in the commencement of deeds, probably derived from the Roman practice; a formal word invariably used in the address of writs, which commenced in the epistolary form.

In the Roman law. A formal word in the commencement of deeds and charters, which, during the later periods of the empire, were written in an epistolary form.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. Greeting; a formal word beginning writs.