This word is said to extend not only to real and personal actions, hut also to the causes of actions and suits; so that by the release of all “quarrels," not only actions pending, but also causes of action and suit, are released; and “quarrels,” “con-troversies,” and "debates” are in law con-sidered as having the same meaning. Co. Litt 8, 153; Termes de la Ley
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In Engllsh law. A writ to recover damages against a bishop who does not admit a plaintifTs clerk. It is, however, rarely or never necessary; for it is said that a bishop, refusing to execute the writ ad admittcndum clericum, or mak-lng an Insufficient return to it, may he fined, wats. Cler. Law, 302
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wherefore he obstructed. In old English practice. A writ which lay for one who, having a liberty to pass through his neighbor’s ground, could
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In English law. A writ which lay against a bishop who, within six months after the vacation of a benefice, conferred it on his clerk, whlle two others were contendlng at law for the right of presentation, calling upon him to show cause why he had Incumbered the church. Reg. orlg. 32. Abollshed by 3 & 4 wm. IV. c. 27
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A writ that for-merly lay where the lord proffered a sultable marriage to hls ward, who rejected It, and entered into the land, and married another, the value of hls marriage not being satisfied to the lord. Abolished by 12 Car. II. c. 24
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wherefore he ejected within the term. In old practice. A writ which lay for a lessee where he was ejected before the expiration of hls term, in cases where the wrong-doer or ejector was not himself in possession of the lands, but his feoffee or another claiming under him. 3 Bl. Comm. 199, 206; Reg. orig. 227; Fltzh. Nat Brev. 197 S.
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wherefore he hin-ders. In English practice. A writ or action which lies for* the patron of an advowson, where he has been disturbed in his right of patronage; so called from the emphatic words of the old form, by which the dlsturh-er was summoned to answer why he hinders the plaintifT. 3 Bl. Comm. 246, 248
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Lat wherefore; for what rea-son; on what account. Used in the Latin - form of several common-law writs
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As much as they were worth. In pleadlng. The com-mon count In an action of assumpsit for goods sold and delivered, founded on an implled assumpsit or promise, on the part of the defendant, to pay the plaintiff as much as the goods were reasonably worth. 3 Bl
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A period of time (theoretically forty days) during which a vessel, coming from a place where a contagious or Infectious disease is prevalent, is detained by authority in the harbor of her port of destl-nation, or at a station near it, without being permitted to land or to discharge her crew or passengers. Quarantine is said to have been first established at Venice in 1484. Baker, Quar. 3
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Lat. The name of an action in the civil law, (and in Louisiana,) brought by the purchaser of an article, for a reduction of the agreed price on account of defects in the thing which diminish its value
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As much as he deserved. In pleading.- The common count in an action of assumpsit for work and labor, founded on an implied assumpsit or promise on the part of the defendant to pay the plaintiff as much as he reasonably deserved to have for his labor. 3 BL Comm. 161; 1 Tidd, Pr. 2
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.Lat when they shall come In. The name of a judgment sometimes given against an executor, especially on a plea of plene administrarif, wbich empowers the plaintiff to have the benefit of assets which may at any time thereafter come to the hands of the executor
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In respect to persons, this term denotes comparative rank; state or condition in relation to others; social or civil position or class. .In pleading, it means ap
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Lat As long as; so long as. A word of limitation in old conveyances. Co. Litt 235a
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The possession by an lndlvldual of the qualities, properties, or
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To make one’s self fit or pre-pared to exercise a right, office, or franchise. To take the steps necessary to prepare one’s self for an office or appointment, as by tak-lng oath, glvlng bond, etc. Pub. St. Mass, p. 1294; Archer v. State, 74 Md. 443, 22 Atl. 8, 28 Am. St. Rep. 261; Hale v. Salter, 25 La. Ann. 324; State v. Albert, 55 Kan. 154, 40 Pac. 286
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This, in England, is the stat-ntory, as well as the popular, name of a member of a religious society, by themselves deupminated “Frleuds
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Lat A Roman magistrate, -whose office it was to collect the public rev-enue. Varro de L. L. iv. 14
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L. Lat. That estate wbich a man has by acquisition or purchase, in con-tradistinction to “hareditaa” which is what he has by descent Glan. 1, 7, c. 1
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In Roman law. Anclently a specles of commissiou granted by the eomitia to one or more persons for the pur-pose of inquiring into some crime or public offense and reporting thereon. In later tlmes. the qu (ratio came to exerclse plenary criminal jurisdiction, even to pronouncing sentence, and then was appointed periodical-ly, and eventually became a permanent corn-mission or regular criminal tribunal, and was then called “queeatio perpetual See Maine, Anc. Law, 369-372
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