- contramandatio
- /kontramaendeysh(iy)ow/ A countermanding. Contramandatio placiti, in old English law, was the respiting of a defendant, or giving him further time to answer, by countermanding the day fixed for him to plead, and appointing a new day; a sort of imparlance
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.