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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Verb

indicāvit

  1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of indicō
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