pluries

English

Etymology

From Latin pluries (“many times, often”), which occurs in the first clause.

Noun

pluries (plural pluries)

  1. (law) A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pluries in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Adverb

plūries (not comparable)

  1. often, frequently

References
  • pluries in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pluries in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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