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responsa

responsa noun: a body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.

Noun

responsa pl (normally plural, singular responsum)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.

Forms of responsa

singularresponsum

Origin of responsa

Borrowed from Latin respōnsa, plural of respōnsum (“answer”).

Questions about responsa

What does responsa mean?
Responsa means a body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.
What part of speech is responsa?
Responsa is a noun.

Words near responsa in the dictionary

  1. responds
  2. responge
  3. responged
  4. responges
  5. responging
  6. responsa
  7. responsability
  8. responsable
  9. responsal
  10. responsals
  11. responsaries

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