descriptio personae

noun

de·​scrip·​tio per·​so·​nae
də̇ˈskripshēˌōpə(r)ˈsō(ˌ)nē
: matter merely descriptive of the persons of the parties and not essential to the validity of a legal document compare designatio personae

Word History

Etymology

Latin, description of the person

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