libellary

Adjective

libellary (comparative more libellary, superlative most libellary)

1. Pertaining to the Roman form of law in which the plaintiff files a formal petition.
   • Towards the end of the formulary period, during the libellary period and especially at the time of the Justinian compilation the word condictio conveyed a purely juridical notion and was equivalent to reptitio, repetere.1942, South African Law Journal - Volume 59, page 16
   • Chancery pleading and practice, like the Roman adjective law, in its third or libellary stage, were essentially unitary in character.1954, The Catholic University of America Law Review - Volumes 4-5, page 90
2. (broadly) Formally recorded by the court.
   • Any type of investiture would serve this purpose, and in fact we read in the authorities of churches which were granted to clerks in the form of a libellary contract, métayage or Teilpacht, a precaria, and even for the duration of a number of lives.1938, Mediaeval Germany, 911-1250 - Volume 2, page 56
   • It was the censive in France, the peasant libellary contract in Italy during the 13th and 14th centuries, i.e., the relationship between feudal lord and peasant in which economic elements were overwhelmingly predominant and extra-economic compulsion in the form of personal dependence was generally...1967, Soviet Studies in History - Volumes 6-7, page 42