Category: D

Writ of right. Reg. Orig. 1, 2; Bract, fol. 3276. See WKIT or RIGHT.

Of [respecting] like tilings, [In like cases,] the judgment is to be the same. 7 Coke, 18.

A writ to inspect the body, where a woman feigns to be pregnant, to see whether she is with child. It lies for the heir presumptive to examine a widow suspected to

In Scotch law. The part remaining over beyond the shares secured to the widow and children by law. Of this the testator had the unqualified disposal. Bell.

To entice, to corrupt, and, when used of a woman, to seduce. Originally, the term had a limited signification, meaning to entice or draw one away from his work, employment, or duty;

Something due, or owing; a debt.

Lat. In tlie Roman law. Ten persons (five senators and five cquitcs) who acted as the council or assistants of the praetor, when he decided on matters of law. Ilallifax, Civil Law,

It is safer to be deceived than to deceive. Lofft, 396.

In French law. Pleas to the jurisdiction of the court; also of lis pendens, and of connexili, (q. v.)

This term designates a person who is disabled, incapable, or incompetent, either from physical or mental weakness or defects, whether produced by age or other causes, to such an extent as to

(Lat. We have given and granted.) Words used by the king, or where there were more grantors than one, instead of (Ictli ct cuncasxi.

An abbreviation for de bonis non; descriptive of a species of administration.

Loss, injury, or deterioration, caused by the negligence, design, or accident of one person to another, in respect of the latter’s person or property. The word is to be distinguished from its

A system of laws introduced by the Danes on their invasion and conquest of England, and which was principally maintained in some of the midland counties, and also on the eastern coast.

Last seisin. A plea which lay in some cases for the tenant in a writ of right See 1 Rosa Real Act. 206.

A number of days allowed, as a matter of favor or grace, to a person who has to perform some act, or make some payment, after the time originally limited for the

Lat. Concerning bribery. A phrase descriptive of the subject-matter of several of the Roman laws; as the Lex Aufidia, the Lex Pompeia, the Lex Tullia, and others. See AMBITUS.

Of the bench. A term formerly applied in England to the justices of the court of common pleas, or “bench,” as it was originally styled.

(For restoring charters.) A writ to secure the delivery of charters or deeds; a writ of detinue. Reg. Orig. 1596.

Of house burning. One of the kinds of appeal formerly in use in England. Bract fol. 1466; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 38.