a. Rom. Law. [f. L. contrā tabulās against a will: see CONTRA- 2.] Contrary to a will or testament. Hence Contratabulant.
1875. Poste, Gaius, II. (ed. 2), 229. Contra-tabular possession was sometimes equivalent to intestacy. Ibid., II. 239. The contra-tabulant or claimant of contra-tabular possession.
