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Voco

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat.

In the civll and old English law. I call; I summon; I vouch. In jus voco te, I summon you to court; I summon you before the prætor. The formula by which a Roman action was anciently commenced. Adams, Rom. Ant 242.

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

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. I call; I summon; I vouch.