interpellatio

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Grandmother Fromm turned to me all with inquiring looks, and addressed some terrible "interpellatio" to me, which I did not understand, but could suspect what it was.

Debts of Honor M��r J��kai 1864
The manner of obtaining this right to enter upon a new marriage is fixed by the Church under penalty of invalidity, and consists in a demand (interpellatio) made of the non-Christian party whether he or she be willing to live with the other in peace or not.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913