similiter

English

Etymology

Latin similiter (“similarly”)

Noun

similiter (plural similiters)

  1. (law) The form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his/her opponent; a joinder in issue.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 similiter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

From similis (similar) + -iter (adverbial suffix)

Adverb

similiter (not comparable)

  1. similarly

References
  • similiter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • similiter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • similiter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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