writ for having estovers. A writ which lay for a wife divorced a mensa et thoro. to recover her alimony or estovers. 1 Bl. Comm. 441; 1 Lev. 6
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A writ which lay for those who were by privilege free from the payment of toll, on their being molested therein. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 226; Reg. orlg. 258b
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writ of escheat. A writ which a lord had, where hls tenant died with-out heir, to recover the land. Reg. orig. 164b; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 143, 144, E
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A writ of exchange of money. An ancient writ to au: thorize a merchant to make a bill of ex-change, (literas cambitorias Jacere.) Reg. orig. 194
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A writ which lay at the suit of the tenant for years against the lessor, reversioner, remainder-man, or stranger who had himself deprived the tenant of the occupation of the land dur-lng his term. 3 Bl. Comm. 199
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Concerning gifts, (or more folly, de donis conditionalibus, concerning conditional gifts.) The. name of a celebrated English statute, passed in the thirteenth year of Edw. I., and constituting the first chapter of the statute of westm. 2, by virtue of which estates in fee-simple conditional (formerly known as “dona condittonalia”) were converted into estates in fee-tail, and which, by rendering such estates inalienable, introduced perpetuities, and so strengthened the power of the nobles. See 2 Bl. Comm. 112
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wrlt for as-signing dower. A wrlt which lay for the widow of a tenant in capite, commanding the king’s escheater to cause her dower to be assigned to her. Reg. orig. 297; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 263, C
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of or founded upon fraud. Dig. 4, 3. See Actio de Dolo Malo
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A writ which lay for one tenant iu common to corn-pel his co-tenant to contribute towards the repair of the common property
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of divers rules of the ancient law. A celebrated tltle of the Digests, and the last in that collection. It consists of two hundred and eleven rules or maxims. Dig. 50. 17
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A writ of deceit which lay against one who acted in the name of another whereby the latter was damnified and deceived. Reg. orig. 112
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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
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writ for removing a guardian. Reg. orig. 198
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of course. The usual, necessary, and formal proceedings in an action are said to be de cursu; as distinguished from summary proceedings, or such as are incidental and may be taken on summons or motion, writs de cursu are such as are issued of course, as distinguished from prerogative writs
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writ for admitting a guardian., Reg. orig. 93b, 198
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Let From whom. A term used to designate the person by, through, from, or under whom another claims. Brent v. New orleans, 41 La. Ann. 1096, 6 South. 793
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An obsolete writ, to require a defendant to fence in his court or land about his house, where it was left open to the injury of his neighbor’s freehold. 1 Crabb, Real Prop. 314; Rust v. Low, 6 Mass. 90
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From the body of the county at large, as distinguished from a particular neighborhood, (de vicineto.) 8 Bl. Comm. 360. Used with reference to the composition of a jury. State v. Kemp. 84 Minn. 61. 24 N. W. 349
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writ for having a corody. A writ to exact a corody from a religious house. Reg. orig. 264, Fitzh. Nat Brev. 230. See Gobodt
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Writ for electing a coroner. A writ issued to the sheriff in England, commanding him to pro-ceed to the election of a coroner, which is done in fuli county court, the freeholders being the electors. Sewell, Sheriffs, 372
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