inspeximus

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English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin , "we have inspected". It was the first word of ancient English charters confirming a grant made by a former king.

Noun

inspeximus (plural inspeximuses)

  1. (historical) A confirmation and reaffirmation of one or several royal grants made in the past, generally at the request of a putative beneficiary.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for inspeximus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)


Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) īnspeximus

  1. first-person plural perfect active indicative of īnspiciō