indicavit

English

Etymology

Latin , meaning "he has indicated".

Noun

indicavit (plural indicavits)

1. (UK, law) A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts.
   • 1791, John Mallory, Modern Entries, in English:

     This act recited, that thentofore suits met with unmeet delays, by the indicavits being sued out before the suit in the spiritual court was recorded

References

• “indicavit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

indicāvit

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of indicō