(Lat For burning a heretic.) A writ which lay where a heretic had been convicted of heresy, had abjured, -and had relapsed into heresy. It is said to be very ancient Fitzh. Nat Brev. 269 ; 4 Bl. Comm. 46
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of behavior and reputation. An old writ which lay in cases where a person’s conduct aud reputation were lmpeacheth .
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writ for delivering an heir to him who has ward-1 ship of the land. A writ dlrected to the sheriff,, to require one that had the body of him that was ward to another to deliver him to the person whose ward he was by reason of his land. Reg. orlg. 161
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Concerning those that break prison. The title of the statute 1 Edw. II. ordainlng that none from thenceforth who broke prison should have judgment of life or limb for breaklng prison only, unless the. cause for which he was taken and Imprisoned required such a judgment if he was lawfully convict-ed thereof. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 290 ; 2 Inst. 589.
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of theft, one of the kinds of criminal appeal formerly in use in England. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 40
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Concerning fines levied. The title of the statute 27 Edw. I. requiring fines thereafter to be levied, to be read openly and solemnly in court. 2 lust 521
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Writ of forfeiture of marriage. Reg. orig. 163, 164.
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A writ prohibiting the taking of fines for beau pleader. Reg. orig. 179
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A writ whlch lay for the release of one imprisoned for a re-disseisin, on payment qf a reasonable fine. Reg. orig. 222b
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of breach of faith or fidelity. 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 09
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L. Fr. of necessity; of pure necessity. See Fine Force
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writ of false judgment. Reg. orig. 15; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 18. See False Judgment
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of false money. The title of the statute 27 Edw. I. ordaining that persons importing certain coins, called “pollards,” and “crokards,” should forfeit their lives and goods, and everything they could forfeit. 2 Reeve. Eng. Law, 228, 229
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In fact, in deed, actunlly. This phrase is used to characterize au officer, a government, a past action, or a state of af-fairs which exists actually and must be ac-cepted for all practical purposes, but which is illegal or Illegitimate. In this sense it is the contrary of de jure, which means rightful, legitimate, just, or constitutional. Thus, an officer, king, or government de facto is one who is in actual possession of the ofiice or supreme power, but by usurpation, or without respect to lawful title; while an officer, klng, or governor de jure is one who has just claim and rightful title to tlie office or power, but who has never had plenary possession of the same, or is not now in actual possession. 4 Bl. Comm. 77, 78. So a wife de facto is one whose marriage is voidable by decree, as distinguished from a wife de jure, or lawful wife. 4 Kent, Comm. 36
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In French law. ▲ clause commonly inserted in policies of marine insurance, equivalent to a license to touch and trade at intermediate ports. American Ins. Co. v. Griswold, 14 wend. (N. Y.) 491
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An obsolete writ addressed to the sheriff to levy the expenses of every citizen and burgess of parliament 4 Inst 46
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writ for levying the expenses of knights. A writ directed to the sheriff for levying the allowance for knights of the shire in parliament Reg. orig. 191b, 192.
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writ of exemplification. A writ granted for the exem-plification of an original. Reg. orig. 290b
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writ for exoneration of suit. A writ that lay for the king’s ward to be discharged of all suit to the county court, hundred, leet, or court-baron, during the time of his wardship. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 158; New Nat Brev. 352
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“Concerning excuses.” This is the title of book 27 of the Pandects, (in the Corpus Juris Civilis.) It treats of the circumstances which excuse one ‘from filling the office of tutor or curator. The bulk of the extracts are from Modes-tinus
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A writ directed to a sheriff or bailiff, commanding him to do execution upon a Judgment Reg. orig. 18; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 20
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A law French phrase, equlvalent 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 great-grandfather.’* It occurs in the Year Books
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A writ commanding the sheriff to arrest one who was excommunicated, and imprison him till he should become reconciled to the church. 3 Bl. Comm. 102. Smith ▼. Nelson, 18 Vt 511.
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A writ which lay to prevent or stay waste by a tenant, during the pendency of a suit against him to recover the lands. Reg. orig. 76b. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 60
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L. Fr. of water and whlp of three cords. A term applied to a neife, that is, a bond woman or female villein, as employed in servile work, and sub-Ject to corporal punishment. Co. Litt. 25b
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