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ACCEPTILATION (from Lat. acceptilatio)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 113 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ACCEPTILATION (from See also:Lat. acceptilatio)  , in See also:Roman and Scots See also:law, a verbal See also:release of a verbal See also:obligation . This formal mode of extinguishing an obligation contracted verbally received its name from the See also:book-keeping See also:term acceptilatio, entering a See also:receipt, i.e. carrying it to See also:credit . The words conveying the release had to correspond to, or strictly See also:cover, the expressed obligation . Figuratively, in See also:theology, - the word See also:acceptilation means See also:free remission or forgiveness of sins .

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