Quadruplication

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quadruplication \Quad`ru*pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. quadruplicatio:
     cf. F. quadruplication.]
     The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple
     sum or amount.
     [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  QUADRUPLICATION, pleading. Formerly this word was used instead of 
  surrebutter. 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 469, n.