LICENTIA SURGENDI

licentia surgendi (li-sen-shee-<<schwa>> s<<schwa>>r-jen-dI), n.[Law Latin “license to arise”] Hist. Permission or writ from the court to a tenant in a real action to get out of bed and appear in court, following the tenant’s earlier plea of inability to appear because of illness that confined the tenant to bed. • The tenant could lose the case by default for falsely claiming illness.

See DE MALO; ESSOIN; DE ESSONIO DE MALO LECTI.

[Blacks Law 8th]