<<My first post and I confess that I don't know if this troublesome contracted word is English or a Latin legal phrase. It is written Juterrie and means something like allegation or claim or statement. The document is in English.>> Hello Peter, if it's something to do with litigation then my guess would be Interr[ogator]ie, but it's impossible to do more than guess without more context. Could you tell us the sentence it is found in, and say something about the document which contains it (date and description at least)? Matt Tompkins