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interdictum

interdictum noun: a prohibition: a legal order issued by a praetor (or, in the provinces, a proconsul) at the request of a claimant and addressed to another person, imposing a requirement either to do something or to abstain from doing something.

Noun

interdictum (plural interdicta or interdictums)

  1. (Ancient-Rome, historical) A prohibition: a legal order issued by a praetor (or, in the provinces, a proconsul) at the request of a claimant and addressed to another person, imposing a requirement either to do something or to abstain from doing something.

Forms of interdictum

pluralinterdicta
pluralinterdictums

Origin of interdictum

From Latin interdictum.

Questions about interdictum

What does interdictum mean?
Interdictum means a prohibition: a legal order issued by a praetor (or, in the provinces, a proconsul) at the request of a claimant and addressed to another person, imposing a requirement either to do something or to abstain from doing something.
What part of speech is interdictum?
Interdictum is a noun.
What is the plural of interdictum?
The plural of interdictum is interdicta.

Words near interdictum in the dictionary

  1. interdictively
  2. interdictor
  3. interdictors
  4. interdictory
  5. interdicts
  6. interdictum
  7. interdiffuse
  8. interdiffused
  9. interdiffuses
  10. interdiffusing
  11. interdiffusion

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