Category: D

Writ concerning an heir ravished and carried away. A writ which anciently lay for a lord who, having by right the wardship of his tenant under age could not obtain his body,

For payment of the amount adjudged. A term applied in the Scotch law to bail to the action, or special bail.

Of the half tongue; half of one tongue and half of another. This phrase describes that species of jury which, at common law, was allowed in both civil and criminal cases where

In no tenement which is held for a term of years is there an avail of homage; but there is the oath of fealty. Co. Litt. 076.

Writ for acquitting or releasing pledges. A writ that lay for a surety, against him for whom he had become surety for the payment of a certain sum of money at a

Writ of right, of reasonable part. A writ which lay between privies in blood, as between brothers in gavelkind, or between sisters or other coparceners for lands in fee- simple, where one

The writ of statute merchant. Reg. Orig. 1466.

Writ of (or for) removing lay force. A writ which lay where two parsons contended for a church, and one of them entered into it with a great number of laymen, and

In old English law. To discharge from being forest. To free from forest laws.

A Stock or fund representing money borrowed bv a company or public body, it) England, and charged on the whole or part of its property.

A debt or obligation complete when contracted, but of which the performance cannot be required till some future period.

A tithing, composed of ten neighboring families. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 13; 1 Bl. Comm. 114.

In the civil law. Where one of the parties to a suit, not being able to prove his charge, offered to refer the decision of the cause to the oath of his

In Scotch practice. An objection to the jurisdiction of a judge. Bell.

Moore, 900. The decrees of councils bind not our kings.

In old English practice. A writ, issued by royal authority, empowering an attorney to appear for a defendant Prior to the statute of Westminster 2, a party could not appear in court

An abbreviation for “District Judge.”

Goods, subject to duties, which have received some injury either in the voyage home or while bonded in warehouse.

The same as “dangers of the sea” or “perils of the sea.” See infra

The specification or mention, in a written instrument, of the time (day and year) when it was made. Also the time so specified. That part of a deed or writing which expresses