προκάταρξις

εως, ἡ
A. first beginning, τῆς δίκης, i.e. litis contestatio, Cod.Just. 1.3.45.4; τοῦ δικαστηρίου POxy. 67.11 (iv A. D.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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