DE NON APPARENTIBU>, ET NON EXISTENTI- UUS, EADEM EST RATIO
As to things not apparent, and those not existing, the rule is the same.
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As to things not apparent, and those not existing, the rule is the same.
A writ which lay where there was a dispute as to the boundaries of two adjacent lordships or towns, directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take with him twelve discreet and
Writ for fixing reasonable boundaries. A writ which lay to settle the boundaries between the lands of persons in different towns, where one complained of encroachment. Reg. Orig. 1576; Fitzh. Nat. Brev
Writ for having (or to have) escuage or scutage. A writ which anciently lay against tenants by knight-service, to compel them to serve in the king’s wars or send substitutes or to
A writ or commission for the hearing and determining any outrage or misdemeanor.
In English law. A rent payable on a mining lease in addition to a royalty, so called bemuse it is payable although the mine may not be worked.
A special guard set to watch a prisoner condemned to death, for some days before the time for the execution, the special purpose being to prevent any escape or any attempt to
Debts follow the person of the debtor; that is, they have no locality, and may be collected wherever the debtor can be found. 2 Kent, Comm. 429; Story, Confl. Laws,
The act of beheading. A mode of capital punishment by cutting off the head.
Dal. 50. Tithes belong to the parson by divine right and canonical institution.
That which clearly defines rights to be observed and wrongs to be eschewed.
An award of arbitrators. I Kames. Eq. 312. 313; 2 Kames Eq. 307.
In Saxon law. An actual homicide or manslaughter.
Ten hides. Blount.
Fatal damage; damage from fate: loss happening from a cause beyond human control, (quod ex fato contingit,) or an act of God, and for which bailees are not liable ; such as
To clear a legal account; to answer an accusation; to settle a controversy.
In French law. The title of the eldest sons of the kings of France. Disused since 1530.
In equity. De jure striuto, nihil possum vendicare, de ccquitate tamen, nullo modo hoc obtinet; in strict law, I can claim nothing, but in equity this by no means obtains. Fleta, lib.
For hearing and determining; to hear and determine. The name of a writ, or rather commission granted to certain justices to bear and determine cases of heinous misdemeanor, trespass, riotous breach of
“For good and ill.” The Latin form of the law French phrase “Dc hicn ct de mat.” In ancient criminal pleading, this was the expression with which the prisoner put himself upon