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abdicatio

abdicatio, a formal laying down, voluntary renunciation, abdication

abdĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [abdĭco],
  • a renouncing, disowning.
      • 1 Jurid. t. t.: hereditatis, Cod. Just. 6, 31, 6: liberorum, disinheriting, ib. 6, 8, 47; Quint. 7, 4, 27; 3, 6, 77; 7, 1, 15; Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 150 al.; cf. Dirksen, Versuch., etc., Leipz. 1823, p. 62 sq.—*
      • 2 Polit. t. t., a renunciation of an office, abdication: dictaturae, Liv. 6, 16 fin.

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