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Webster 1913 Edition
Significavit
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Sigˊni-fi-ca′vit
,Noun.
[L., (he) has signified, perf. ind. of
significare
to signify.] (Eng. Eccl. Law)
Formerly, 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.
Crabb.