Acts of sederunt

Acts of sederunt
Sederunt Se*de"runt, n. [L., they sat, fr. sedere to sit.] A sitting, as of a court or other body. [1913 Webster]

'T is pity we have not Burns's own account of that long sederunt. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]

{Acts of sederunt} (Scots Law), ordinances of the Court of Session for the ordering of processes and expediting of justice. --Bell. [1913 Webster]


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