libellare

libellare [LL] 1 to put in writing, record in a document. s1426 ~atis responsibus ad hec et alia petita varia Amund. I 209. 2 (leg.) to bring an action, make a charge. b to challenge in court. c (tempus ~atum) the time when the cause of action arose. procurator ad ~andum super illo cum suis dominis petit inducias Graystanes 43; 1342 si ‥ promotor ‥ ~are noluerit contra eum Conc. II 694; 1516 dictus Gilbertus ~ans Offic. S. Andr. 6; c1517 a prefato D. ~ante Ib. 11 (v. insufficientia 1b); 1572 subdole ~ando versus eundem W. in curia Christianitatis predicte pro subtractione decimarum Entries 490; quid faciendum sit si actor in die assignato ad ~andum non curaverit dare libellum Praxis 26.  b si reus vocatus ‥ intendit justificare jactitationem ~atam Praxis 109 (v. jactitatio 2).  c 1548 A. F. tempore ~ato dominum ‥ navis supradicte ‥ ac T. B. similiter tempore articulato ejusdem navis sub Deo magistrum SelPlAdm II 3.