retracta

1 retracta [OF retraite < CL retractus p. ppl. of retrahere], 1 retractum 1 (act of) drawing back (the weight of a scale). 1359 falsas ~as in ponderando mercandisas predictas faciunt Pat 256 m. 15d.. 2 (act of) taking back or recovering, (right of) redemption. 1309 Thomas Phelipe petit versus Robertum Sibille ~am de uno messuagio et una virgata terre per consuetudinem (AssizeR C. I.) S. Jers. XVIII 223; petunt versus Petrum de Hailes ~am de redditu trium cabotellorum frumenti super unam virgatam terre et dimidiam quem predictus Petrus emit Ib.; 1369 illas terras ‥ in insula de Gereseye ‥ quarum ~um ‥ ad nos secundum modum et consuetudinem patrie illius pertinet Pat 279 m. 13.

2 retracta v. retractus