monition
monition is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Information; indication; notice; advice. We have no visible monition of ... other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. Holder.
- 2.(Admiralty Practice) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
- 3.(Eccl. Law) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. Shipley.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is information; indication; notice; advice. We have no visible monition of ... other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. Holder called?
- What is a process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer called?
- What is an order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. Shipley called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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