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‖ constat|ˈkɒnstæt|
[L. constat it is certain, it is established, 3rd sing. pr. of constāre to stand firm: see constant.]
†1. Law. A certificate stating what appears (constat) upon record touching a matter, given by the clerk of the pipe and auditors of the Exchequer at the request of a person who intends to plead or move in that court for the discharge of any matter. Also an exemplification of the enrolment of letters-patent under the Great Seal. Obs.
1570Act 13 Eliz. c. 6 §2 An Exemplification or Constat under the Great Seal of England of the Enrollment of the same Letters Patents. 1640–4in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1692) iii. I. 23 As appears by a Constat-Warrant in the Exchequer. 1670Blount Law Dict. s.v., The effect of a Constat is the certifying what does constare upon Record..Also, the Exemplification under the Great Seal of the Inrolment of any Letters Patent is called a Constat.
†2. fig. Certifying evidence, assurance. Obs.
1621W. Sclater Tythes (1623) 148 There is a Constat from their testimonie, that they were [payde]. 1624Bp. R. Montagu Gagg 58 A very strange practice, of which there is no constat: let but one Father say so and I yeeld the bucklers. a1640Jackson Creed x. xl. Wks. IX. 417 A constat to all the world that ‘the God of Abraham was no respecter of persons’. a1661Fuller Worthies ii. 154 There is no Constat (though very much Probability) of his English Nativity.
3. clare constat. Sc. Law. [L. = ‘it is clearly established,’ i.e. to the satisfaction of the superior, that the late vassal died infeft in the lands, and that the person claiming entry is his nearest and lawful heir.] precept of ―: ‘a deed executed by a subject-superior for the purpose of completing the title of his vassal's heir to the lands held by the deceased vassal, under the granter of the precept’ (Bell).
1594Sc. Acts Jas. VI, §214 Precepts of clare constat. 1847Act 10 & 11 Vict. c. 48. 1861 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 172 An entry by precept of clare constat can be given only where the last proprietor stood publicly infeft. |