For a yearly rent. A writ to recover an annuity, no matter how payable, in goods or money. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 258.
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DE APOSTATA CAPIENDO
Breve. Writ for taking an apostate. A writ which anciently lay against one who, having entered and professed some order of religion, left it and wandered up and down the […]
DE ARBITRATIONS FACTA
(Lat. Of arbitration had.) A writ formerly used when an action was brought for a cause which had been settled by arbitration. Wats. Arb. 250.
DE ARRESTANDIS BONIS NE DIS- SIPENTUR
An old writ which lay to seize goods in the hands of a party during the pendency of a suit, to prevent their being made away with. Reg. Orig. 1206.
DE ARRESTANDO IPSUM QUI PE- CUNIAM RECEPIT
A writ which lay for the arrest of one who had taken the king’s money to serve in the war, and hid himself to escape going. Reg. Orig. 246.
DE ARTE ET PARTE
Of art and part A phrase in old Scotch law .
DE ASPORTATIS RELIGIOSORUM
Concerning the property of religious persons curried away. The title of the statute 35 Edward I. passed to check the abuses of clerical possessions, one of which was the waste […]
DE ASSISA PROROGANDA
(Lat For proroguing assise.) A writ to put off an assise, issuing to the justices, where one of the parties is engaged in the service of the king.
DE ATTORNATO RECIPIENDO
A writ which lay to the judges of a court, requiring them to receive and admit an attorney for a party. Reg. Orig. 172; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 156.
DE AUDIENDO ET TERMINANDO
For hearing and determining; to hear and determine. The name of a writ, or rather commission granted to certain justices to bear and determine cases of heinous misdemeanor , trespass, […]
DE AVERIIS CAPTIS IN WITHER NAMIUM
Writ for taking cattle in withernam. A writ which lay where the sheriff returned to a plurics writ of replevin that the cattle or goods, etc., were eloinetl, etc.; by […]
DE AVERIIS REPEEGIANDIS
A writ to replevy beasts. 3 Bl. Comm. 140.
DE AVERIIS RETORNANDIS
For returning the cattle. A term applied to pledges given in the old action of replevin. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 177.
DE BANCO
Of the bench. A term formerly applied in England to the justices of the court of common pleas , or “bench,” as it was originally styled.
DE BENE ESSE
Conditionally ; provisionally ; in anticipation of future need. A phrase applied to proceedings which are taken ex parte or provisionally, and are allowed to stand as well done for […]
DE BIEN ET DE MAL
L. Fr. For tood and evil. A phrase by which a party accused of a crime anciently put himself upon a jury, indicating his entire submission to their verdict.
DE BIENS LE MORT
L. Fr. Of the goods of the deceased. Dyer, 32.
DE BIGAMIS
Concerning men twice married. The title of the statute 4 Edw. I. St 3; so called from the initial words of the fifth chapter. 2 Inst. 272; 2 Reeve, Eng. […]
DE BONE MEMORIE
L. Fr. Of good memory ; of sound mind. 2 Inst. 510.
DE BONIS ASPORTATIS
For goods taken away; for taking away goods. The action of trespass for taking personal property is technically called ” trespass de bonis asportatis .” 1 Tidd, Pr. 5.
DE BONIS NON
An abbreviation of De bonis non administratis , (q. v.) 1 Strange, 34.
DE BONIS NON ADMINISTRATIS
Of the goods not administered. When an administrator is appointed to succeed another, who has left the estate partially unsettled, he is said to be granted ” administration de bonis […]
DE BONIS NON AMOVENDIS
Writ for not removing goods. A writ anciently directed to the sheriffs of London, commanding them, in cases where a writ of error was brought by a defendant against whom […]
DE BONIS NON CUM TESTAMENTO ANNEXO
That which is granted when an executor dies leaving a part of the estate unadministered. Conklin v. Egerton, 21 Wend. (N. Y.) 430; Clemens v. Walker, 40 Ala. 1S9.
DE BONIS PROPRIIS
Of his own goods. The technical name of a judgment against an administrator or executor to be satisfied from his own property, and not from the estate of the deceased, […]
