Definition and Citations:
L. Lat. In old English law. Debts of the laity, or of lay persons.
Debts recoverable in the civil courts were anciently so called. Crabb. Eng. Law, 107.
L. Lat. In old English law. Debts of the laity, or of lay persons.
Debts recoverable in the civil courts were anciently so called. Crabb. Eng. Law, 107.