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
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.