QUADRUPLICATIO

quadruplicatio (kwah-dr<<schwa>>-pli-kay-shee-oh), n.[fr. Latin quadruplicatus

“quadrupled”] 1.Roman law & civil law. A defendant’s pleading, following the triplicatio and

similar to the rebutter at common law; the third defensive pleading. — Also termed

quadruplication; (in old Scots law) quadruply. 2.Roman law. A plaintiff’s pleading, following the

triplicatio, the replicatio, and the exceptio. Pl. quadruplicationes

(kwah-dr<<schwa>>-pli-kay-shee-oh-neez). [Blacks Law 8^th]