NOMINIS RECEPTIO

By SovConn | May 24, 2013

nominis receptio (nahm-<<schwa>>-nis ri-sep-shee-oh). [Latin] Roman law. A presiding judge’s registering of an accused person’s name in the rolls of a criminal court. • This registration was essential for the case to be tried. The day fixed for a criminal trial was ordinarily ten days after the nominis receptio.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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