spōnsiō ōnis, f
spondeo,
a solemn promise, engagement, covenant, guarantee, security
: voti sponsio, quā obligamur deo: per indutias
sponsionem faciunt, uti, etc.,
made a covenant
, S.: pax per sponsionem facta,
by giving security
, L.: sponsionem interponere,
L.—In actions at law,
a wager of law, formal stipulation for a forfeit by the loser
: condicio fertur, ut, si id factum negaret, sponsione
defenderet sese, L.: ut sponsionem facere
possent, ni adversus edictum praetoris vis facta esset,
an engagement to pay forfeit, unless it is adjudged that
, etc.: sponsio est, ni te Apronius socium in decumis esse dicat,
the stipulation is
(to pay)
unless
, etc.: vincere sponsionem,
to win the forfeit.—A betting
: audax, Iu.
