/peuh lis'i tay"sheuhn/ , n. Civil Law.
an offer or promise not yet accepted by the person to whom it was made.
[ 1520-30; pollicitation- (s. of pollicitatio ) a promising, equiv. to pollicitat ( us ) (ptp. of pollicitari to promise, freq. of polliceri to promise, lit., bid for, equiv. to pol- (assimilated var. of por- forth, forward, akin to PER-) + liceri to bid) + -ion- -ION ]