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Lat. In the civil law. To subscribe an accusation. To bind one’s self, in case of failure to prove an accusation, to suffer the same punishment which the ac- cused would have suffered had he been proved guilty. Calvin.
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Lat. In the civil law. To subscribe an accusation. To bind one’s self, in case of failure to prove an accusation, to suffer the same punishment which the ac- cused would have suffered had he been proved guilty. Calvin.