Lat. In Roman law. Lower seats or benches, occupied by the indices and by inferior magistrates when they sat in judgment , as distinguished from the tribunal of the praetor. Calvin. Subsequens matrimonium tollit pecca- tum praecedcns. A subsequent marriage [of the parties] removes a previous fault, i. e., previous illicit intercourse , and legitimates the offspring. A rule of Roman law.
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