significavit

English

Etymology

Latin , (he) has signified, perf. ind. of significare (“to signify”).

Noun

significavit (plural significavits)

1. (UK, law, historical) A writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.
   • 1682, English Liberties:

     the Kings Courts can receive Significavits from none but the person to whom (if need be) they may write to discharge the Prisoner

References

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

Latin

Verb

significāvit

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of significō