PRAESCRIPTIS VERBIS

praescriptis verbis (pri-skrip-tis v<<schwa>>r-bis). [Latin “in the words before written”] 1.Roman law. An action on a bilateral agreement under which one party had performed and required the other to perform in turn. 2.Roman law. The grounds given for the existence of a contract that falls into the class later described as innominate. • Innominate contracts were developed and recognized late in classical law. See innominate contract under CONTRACT. 3.Hist. (Of a clause) restricted in scope by introductory words — esp., in a pleading, words defining the issue.

[Blacks Law 8th]