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Meaning of Ore tenus
(Lat.) Verbally; orally. Formerly the pleadings of the parties were ore tenus; and the practice is said to have been retained till the reign of Edward III. 3 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 95; Steph. PL 29. And see Bracton, 372b. In chancery practice, a defendant may demur at the bar ore tenus (3 P. Wms. 370) if he has not sustained the demurrer on the record (1 Swanst. 288; Mitf. PL 176; 6 Ves. 779; 8 Ves. 405; 17 Ves. 215, 216).
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Concept of “Ore Tenus”
Traditional meaning of ore tenus in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Orally; by word of mouth.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Ore Tenus”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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