Rom. Law. [ad. L. condictiōn-em formal claim of restitution, n. of action f. condīcĕre to give formal notice, spec. to give notice of a formal claim of restitution, f. con- together + dīcĕre to say, tell.] A formal claim of restitution; reclaim of undue payment.
1818. Colebrooke, Treat. Oblig. & Contracts, I. 201. It cannot be recovered … by an action of condiction of undue payment.
1880. Muirhead, trans. Instit. Gaius, IV. § 18. This procedure therefore was quite properly called condictio; for the pursuer gave notice to his opponent to appear on the thirtieth day for the appointment of a judge. In now giving the name of condiction to the personal action in which we maintain that something ought to be given to us, our language is not so appropriate; for at the present day there is no notice given.
