LEVATO VELO

LEVATO VELO levato velo (l[schwa]-vay-toh vee-loh). [Latin ¡°with the curtain raised¡±] Roman law. The principle, applied to cases of wreck and salvage, and later to all maritime matters, that cases should be heard in public. ? Although commentators disagree about the origin of the expression, it probably refers to the place where causes were heard. […]