Lat Exhibition of a bill. In old English practice, actions wereinstituted by presenting or exhibiting a bill to the court, in cases where the proceedingswere by bill; hence this phrase is equivalent to “commencement of the suit”
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Lat Exhibition of a bill. In old English practice, actions wereinstituted by presenting or exhibiting a bill to the court, in cases where the proceedingswere by bill; hence this phrase is equivalent to “commencement of the suit”
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