#abzice
- To contradict — An archaic or regional legal term, found in old Transylvanian law codes and historical etymological dictionaries, meaning to contradict, to reject a testimony, or to pronounce a judgment depriving someone of a right following a dispute. It represents a partial calque based on Latin or German legal terms implying the public withdrawal of a word or the invalidation of a previous statement.
- Retraction — The act of contradicting or rejecting and its result; the formal invalidation, retraction, or dismissal of a legal decision, statement, or claim. Used in the past as an archaic equivalent for the modern notion of disavowal or the formal annulment of a legal or ecclesiastical act.