DEMONSTRATIO

demonstratio (dem-<<schwa>>n-stray-shee-oh), n. [fr. Latin demonstrare “to show”] Roman

law. 1. A description, as in falsa demonstratio (a false description  of something or someone in a

will).2. Under the formulary procedure, the statement of facts in a formula, forming the basis of a

claim. Pl. demonstrationes (dem-<<schwa>>n-stray-shee-oh-neez). See FORMULA(1). [Blacks Law 8th]