Cessavit


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Ces`sa´vit


n.1.A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Consultor, a quo quaestio mota est, anceps quia revera causa, qua requirebatur canon, non cessavit, sed tamen Sacra Paenitentiaria Apostolica nihil hac de re in suis inadversionibus notavit.