Category: D

In old English law. A term applied to land, and signifying as much arable ground as could be plowed up in one day’s work. Cowell.

A writ which lay for the arrest of one who had taken the king’s money to serve in the war, and hid himself to escape going. Reg. Orig. 246.

Of the goods not administered. When an administrator is appointed to succeed another, who has left the estate partially unsettled, he is said to be granted “administration de bonis non;” that is,

Of victuals to be used. The title of a sumptuary statute passed 10 Edw. III. St. 3, to restrain the expense of entertainments. Barring. Ob. St. 240.

By the advice or direction of the court. Bract, fol. 3456.

A writ that lay where one was distrained for rent that ought to be paid by others proportionably with him. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 234; Termes de la Ley.

A law French phrase, equivalent to the Latin de avo et de tritavo, descriptive of the ancestral rights of lords in their villeins. Literally, “from grandfather and from great-grandfather’s treat-granilfather.” It occurs

Concerning the fidelity and official conduct of a judge, no question is [will he] entertained; hut [only] concerning his knowledge, whether tlie error [committed] he of law or of fact. I’.ac. Max.

An old common-law writ, long obsolete, to inquire whether a man be an idiot or not. 2 Steph. Comm. 509.

Writ for removing a leper. A writ to remove a leper who thrust himself into the company of his neighbors In any parish, in public or private places, to their annoyance. Reg.

A writ to send the tenor of a record, or to exemplify it under the great seal. Reg. Orig. 2206.

Of peace [breach of peace] and robbery. One of tlie kinds of criminal appeal formerly in use in England, and which lay in cases of robbery and breach of the peace. Bract,

Of which Formal words in the simple writ of entry, from which it was called a writ of entry “in the quo,” or “in the quibus.” 3 Reeve, Eng. Law,33.

L. Fr. Guilty af nothing; not guilty.

L. Fr. From time whereof memory runneth not; time out of memory of man. Litt. 143. 145, 170.

When a merchant who has chartered a vessel puts on board a part only of the intended cargo, but yet, having chartered the whole vessel, is bound to pay freight for the

In ecclesiastical law. The council of a bishop, to assist him with their advice in the religious and also in the temporal affairs of the see. 3 Coke, 75; 1 Bl. Comm.

A weak foundation frustrates [or renders vain] the work [built upon it.] Shep. Touch. CO; Noy, Max. 5, max. 12; Finch. Law, b. 1, ch. 3. When the foundation fails, all goes

The ten commandments given by God to Moses. The Jews called them the “Ten Words,” hence the name.

(Ten times as much.) The name of an ancient writ that was used against a juror who had taken a bribe In money for his verdict. The injured party could thus recover