DENUNTIATIO

By SovConn | July 5, 2014

denuntiatio (di-n<<schwa>>n-shee-ay-shee-oh), n.[Latin] 1.Roman & civil law. A declaration

intended to protect or set in motion the enforcement of the declarer’s right; esp., a report of a crime.

2.Hist. A summons; a public notice. 3.Scots law. The Crown’s public denunciation of a debtor as a

rebel and an outlaw when the debtor has disobeyed an order to pay. Pl. denuntiationes. [Blacks Law 8th]