pluries

English

Etymology

From Latin pluries (“many times, often”), which occurs in the first clause.

Noun

pluries (plural pluries)

  1. (law) A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded.

Latin

Alternative forms
  • plūriēns

Etymology

plūr- +‎ -iēs

Adverb

plūriēs (not comparable)

  1. often, frequently

References
  • “pluries”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pluries in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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