mowstwo

Old Polish

Etymology

From mówić + -stwo. First attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /mɔfstfɔ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /mɔfstfɔ/

Noun

mowstwo n

  1. (law) appearing before a court on behalf of a litigant
    • 1875 [Fifteenth century], Zygmunt Celichowski, editor, Słowniczek łacińsko- polski wyrazów prawa magdeburskiego z wieku XV. Przedruk homograficzny z kodeksu kórnickiego, page 9:
      Proloquucie, id est cause fouende, vlg. mowstwo uel rzecznyczstwo
      [Proloquucie, id est cause fouende, vlg. mowstwo uel rzecznicstwo]

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