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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin significāvit (“he has signified”), from significāre (“to signify”).
Noun
significavit (plural significavits)
- (UK, law, historical) A writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.
1682, English Liberties:the Kings Courts can receive Significavits from none but the person to whom (if need be) they may write to discharge the Prisoner
References
Latin
Verb
significāvit
- third-person singular perfect active indicative of significō