I. In gen., to make like a lattice, to lattice: “solum, i. e. with vines,” Col. 4, 2, 2: “cancellata cutis (elephanti),” Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 30; cf. “cancelli: cancellato bracchiorum implexu,” id. 9, 51, 74, § 164. —
II. Esp., in the Lat. of the jurists, to strike out a writing lattice-wise (Χ), to strike or cross out, to cancel: “testamentum,” Dig. 28, 4, 2: “chirographum,” ib. 22, 3, 24: “tabulae cautionesque cancellatae,” ib. 47, 2, 84; 2, 14, 47, § 2; 29, 1, 15, § 1; Cod. 6, 33, 3.
