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acceptilation|ækˌsɛptɪˈleɪʃən|
[ad. L. acceptilātiōn-em, properly accepti lātio an accounting of a thing as received.]
A technical term in Roman law, ‘importing the remission of a debt by an acquittance from the creditor testifying the receipt of money which has never been paid.’ J. Also fig. in a theological sense, free remission.
1562–3Foxe A. & M. (1596) 993/2, I neither am, neither shall be able to requite this your lordships most special kindnesse..unlesse I shoulde use that ciuill remedie called in law acceptilation. 1656Jer. Taylor Answ. to Bp. of Rochester (R.) Our justification which comes by Christ is by imputation and acceptilation, by grace and favour. 1880Muirhead Gaius 241 An obligation is also extinguished by acceptilation, which is as it were an imaginary payment. |