sacrāmentum ī, n
sacro.—In law,
a sum deposited by a party in a civil process, as security for a future
judgment, forfeit money, guaranty
: de multā et sacramento comitiis ferre: ut
sacramento contendas mea non esse,
you may assert under forfeit
, i. e.
lay a wager.—A wager of law, civil process in which the loser forfeits
a deposit, law-suit
: re deliberatā, sacramentum nostrum iustum
iudicaverunt: quibuscum iusto sacramento contendere, i. e.
on equal terms.—An oath
: perfidum dicere sacramentum, H.—
The voluntary oath of recruits, preliminary engagement
: iure iurando adacti milites . . . nam ad eam diem nihil
praeter sacramentum fuerat, L.—
The military oath of allegiance
: milites sacramentum apud se dicere iubet,
to take the oath of allegiance
, Cs.: sacramento dicere, L.:
omnes sacramento rogare,
swear in
, L.: eum obligare militiae sacramento.
