Legal Definition and Related Resources of Bill of peace

One brought to restrain repeated attempts to litigate the same right. Bispham, Eq. §415; Daniell, Ch. Pr. 1532.

What does Bill Of Peace mean in American Law?

The definition of Bill Of Peace in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

A bill in equity (and one developed early in its history) filed to procure what is in effect an injunction against further litigation of claims repeatedly and recently litigated. If, for instance, a claimant had brought ejectment against a landholder contesting his title, and lost, and then brought another action and another and another, the defendant in ejectment might file a bill of peace to make him finally stop his harassing behavior. Another old use of bills of peace was in coping with continuing disputes between a lord and all the tenants of a manor; it was, in effect, an attempt to cope with some of the problems caused by the unavailability of any procedure like the modern class action. See also quia timet; quieting title.

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