stillicidium

noun — 2 senses

stillicidium

noun

Etymology From Latin stillicidium.

1

Medicine, Sciences Obsolete A morbid trickling.

2

Law Historical An urban servitude in Ancient Rome, where a proprietor was not allowed to build to the extremity of his estate, but must leave a space regulated by the charter by which the property was held, so as not to throw the eavesdrop on the land of his neighbour.

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