Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pollicitation \Pol*lic`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. pollicitatio, fr.
   pollicitari to promise, v. intens. fr. polliceri to promise:
   cf. F. pollicitation.]
   1. A voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a
      promise. --Bp. Burnet.

   2. (Roman Law) A promise without mutuality; a promise which
      has not been accepted by the person to whom it is made.
      --Bouvier.