poˈtestal, a. rare.
[irreg. f. next + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to potestas: see next, 3.
| 1880 Muirhead Gaius iv. §78 Of opinion that my action is only suspended while the child or slave is in my potestas, because I cannot proceed against myself, but that it revives on the potestal relationship coming to an end. |