Category: D

For keeping the peace, and for good behavior.

Writ for proving prnpi rtv. A writ directed to the sheriff, to inquire of the property or goods distrained, where the defendant in an action of replevin claims the property. 3 Bl.

Writ of rescue or res- cous. A writ which lay where cattle distrained, or persons arrested, were rescued from those taking them. Reg. Orig. 117, 118; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 101, C, G.

Of not allowing talliage. The name given to the statutes 25 and 34 Edw. I., restricting the power of the king to grant talliage. 2 Inst. 532 ; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law,

In ecclesiastical law. A minister or servant in the church, whose office is to assist the priest In divine service and the distribution of the sacrament. It is the lowest order in

The pufling of goods to induce the sale thereof; not regarded in law as fraudulent unless accompanied by some artifice to deceive the purchaser and throw him off his guard or some

One [every one] ought to be subject to the law [of the place] where he offends. 3 Inst. 24. This maxim is taken from Bracton. Bract, fol. 1546.

One who owes a debt; he who may be compelled to pay a claim or demand.

It behoves, Indeed, the prince to keep the laws by which he himself Is preserved.

See BILL OF RIGHTS

In practice. The judgment of a court of equity or admiralty, answering to the judgment of a court of common law. A decree in equity is a sentence or order ofthe court,

In ecclesiastical law. Letters of the pope, written at the suit or instance of one or more persons, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law, and possessing the force of law.

In marine insurance. An allowance or drawback credited to the insurers on the cost of repairing a vessel for damage arising from the perils of the sea insured against. This allowance is

Give the things which are yours whilst they are yours; after death they are not yours.

In English law. The legal designation of the wife of a knight or baronet.

The act of lending money on usury.

In French law. A giving by the debtor and receipt by the creditor of something in payment of a debt, instead of a sum of money. It is somewhat like the accord

An arbitrator, umpire, or elected judge. Cowell.

An old writ which lay to seize goods in the hands of a party during the pendency of a suit, to prevent their being made away with. Reg. Orig. 1206.

For goods taken away; for taking away goods. The action of trespass for taking personal property is technically called “trespass de bonis asportatis.” 1 Tidd, Pr. 5.