Thanks powder you learn something new everyday. V.C. Chex
Under standing in a Court case, the Bar members want you to sign certain documents. Why? Because your signature is like your vocalized consent – it can be legally interpreted as your agreement to be surety for an obligation and to perform as well as to waive other rights.
definition for vi coactus.
The Oxford Latin Dictionary ABS-LIB (1968, pp. 339)
coactus1
1. Compressed, condensed; (of milk) curdled. b (neut. pl. as sb.) felt cloak.
2. Unnatural, artificial, forced, contrived.
3. (of instruments, actions, etc.) Unwilling, forced. b. required by law, compulsary.
coactus2
Compulsion, constraint.
Interestingly, Cassell’s Latin Dictionary and the Oxford Latin Dictionary provide the additional definitions:
Cassell’s Latin Dictionary:
coacto – To compel.
coactor – 1. a collector of rents, money at auctions, etc. 2. One who compels.
Oxford Latin Dictionary:
coacto – To compel.
coactor – 1. A collector (of money, taxes, etc.). 2. the troops bringing up the rear.
References
1.List of Lation abbreviations (wikipedia.org)
2.Dumas, Alexandre – Black Tulip, The (literature.org)
3.Signing in protest and under duress (one-heaven.org)
4.Cassell’s Latin Dictionary, pp.103 (exfacie.com)
5.Oxford Latin Dictionary, pp.339 (exfacie.com)
Now I get a grasp on these court cases I am reading with the Trio of periods that make up the ellipsis.