responsa

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin respōnsa, plural of respōnsum (“answer”).

  1. borrowed from respōnsa

Definitions

  1. A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions…

    A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.

The neighborhood

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