MODERATE CASTIGAVIT
\mˈɒdəɹət kˈastɪɡˌavɪt], \mˈɒdəɹət kˈastɪɡˌavɪt], \m_ˈɒ_d_ə_ɹ_ə_t k_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_ɡ_ˌa_v_ɪ_t]\
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Lat. In pleading. He moderately chastised. The name of a plea in trespass which justifies an alleged battery on the ground that it consisted in a moderate chastisement of the plaintiff by the defendant, which, from their relations, the latter had a legal right to inflict.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).