In French law. An act or lnstrument In writing which contains the reasons why a party in a civil suit, or a per-8ou accused, who haR been summoned, agree-ably to the requisitions of a decree, does not appear. Poth. Proc. Crim. | 3, art. 3. The same as “Essoin,” (q. v
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
