punctation (pungktashon)

[ The absence of punctation in the test is referred to metamorphism, as in C. Gue ranger i all stages were discovered, from impunctate to completely punctate. Science , III. 325. 2. In civil law, a document made between the parties before the contract to which it refers has binding force, generally merely with the object of putting clearly before them the principal points discu ed. Goudsmit. - Punctation of Ems, a document prepared at Bad Ems, Germany, in 1786, by representatives of the Roman Catholic archbishops of Co punctation logne, Treves, Mainz, and Salzburg, in which episcopal rights were maintained against the pretensions of the papal see.