Tag: Latin

  • Melius Inquirendum

    Concept of “Melius Inquirendum” Traditional meaning of melius inquirendum in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A writ directing the sheriff to make further inquiry as to the lands, etc.; of a person outlawed […]

  • Melius Inquirendum

    Concept of “Melius Inquirendum” Traditional meaning of melius inquirendum in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A writ directing the sheriff to make further inquiry as to the lands, etc.; of a person outlawed […]

  • Venditioni Exponas

    (Lat. that you expose to sale). In practice. The name of a writ of execution, directed to the sheriff, commanding him to sell goods or chattels, and in some states lands, which he has taken in execution by virtue of a fieri facias, and which remain unsold. Under this writ, the sheriff is […]

  • Venditioni Exponas

    (Lat. that you expose to sale). In practice. The name of a writ of execution, directed to the sheriff, commanding him to sell goods or chattels, and in some states lands, which he has taken in execution by virtue of a fieri facias, and which remain unsold. Under this writ, the sheriff is […]

  • Locus

    (Lat.) A place; the place where a thing is done. …

  • Locus

    (Lat.) A place; the place where a thing is done. …

  • Lacerta

    Concept of “Lacerta” Traditional meaning of lacerta in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A fathom. Resources Notes and References Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, […]

  • Lacerta

    Concept of “Lacerta” Traditional meaning of lacerta in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A fathom. Resources Notes and References Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, […]

  • Dedititii

    (Lat.) In Roman law. Criminals who have been marked in the face or on the body with fire or an iron so that the mark cannot be erased, and subsequently manumitted. Calv. Lex. …

  • Dedititii

    (Lat.) In Roman law. Criminals who have been marked in the face or on the body with fire or an iron so that the mark cannot be erased, and subsequently manumitted. Calv. Lex. …

  • Juxta

    (Lat.) According to. 1 Ld. Raym. 415. The same as secundum, in the civil law. 12 Mod. 218. Juxta formam statuti, according to the form of the statute. Reg. Orig. 16. The established phrase by which reference to a statute was expressed in old writs and records. Juxta tenorem sequentem, […]

  • Juxta

    (Lat.) According to. 1 Ld. Raym. 415. The same as secundum, in the civil law. 12 Mod. 218. Juxta formam statuti, according to the form of the statute. Reg. Orig. 16. The established phrase by which reference to a statute was expressed in old writs and records. Juxta tenorem sequentem, […]

  • Accredulitare

    See purgation by oath….

  • Accredulitare

    See purgation by oath….

  • Electio Est Creditoris, Debitoris

    Concept of “Electio Est Creditoris, Debitoris” Traditional meaning of electio est creditoris, debitoris in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) The creditor or debtor has the election. Electio semel facta non […]