pollicitation

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  1. A promise; a voluntary engagement; also, a paper containing such an engagement. It seems he granted this following pollicitation or promise. Herbert, Hist. Reign Hen. VIII., p. 220. (Latham.)
  2. In civil law, a promise without mutuality; a promise not yet accepted by the person to whom it is made. As a general rnle, such a promise could be revoked at any time before it was accepted, but a vow made in favor of a public or religious object was irrevocable from the moment it was made. This principle has been reaffirmed by the canon law. In some cases the promiser could be released from the effect of his vow by paying a fifth part of his property.

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  1. = F, pollicitation = Spanish policitacion = Portuguese pollicitatção = Italian pollicitazione; from Latin pollicitatio(n-), a promising, from pollicitari, promise, from polliceri, hold forth, promise, from por-, forth, + liceri, bid for, offer.
 

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