Of theft. One of the kinds of criminal appeal formerly in use in England. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law. 40.
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DE GESTU ET FAMA
Of behavior and reputation. An old writ which lay in cases where a person’s conduct and reputation were impeached.
DE GRATIA
Of grace or favor, by favor. De speciali gratia, of special grace or favor. De gratia spcciali certa scientia et mcro motu, talis clausula non valet in liis in quibus […]
DE H2EREDE DELIBERANDO ILLI QUI HABET CUSTODIAM TERRS
Writ for delivering an heir to him who has wardship of the land. A writ directed to the sheriff, to require one that had the body of him that was […]
DE HOMAGIO RESPECTUANDO
A writ for respiting or postponing homage. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 209, A.
DE HOMINE CAPTO IN WITHERNAM
(Lat. For taking a man in withernam.) A writ to take a man who had carried away a bondman or bondwoman into another country beyond the reach of a writ […]
DE HOMINE REPLEGIANDO
(Lat. For replevying a man.) A writ which lies to replevy a man out of prison, or out of the custody of a private person, upon giving security to the […]
DE HSREDE RAPTO ET ABDUCTO
Writ concerning an heir ravished and carried away. A writ which anciently lay for a lord who, having by right the wardship of his tenant under age could not obtain […]
DE HSRETICO COMBURENDO
(Lat. For burning a heretic.) A writ which lay where a heretic had been convicted of heresy, had abjured, and had relapsed into heresy. It is said to be very […]
DE IDENTITATE NOMINIS
A writ which lay for one arrested in a personal action and committed to prison under a mistake as to his identity, the proper defendant bearing the same name. Reg. […]
DE IDIOTA INQTTIRENDO
An old common-law writ, long obsolete, to inquire whether a man be an idiot or not. 2 Steph. Comm. 509.
DE iEQUITATE
In equity. De jure striuto, nihil possum vendicare, de ccquitate tamen, nullo modo hoc obtinet; in strict law, I can claim nothing, but in equity this by no means obtains. […]
DE IIS QUI PONENDI SUNT IN AS- 6ISIS
Of those who are to be put on assises. The title of a statute passed 21 Edw. I. defining the qualifications of jurors. Crabb, Eng. Daw, 167, 189; 2 Reeve, […]
DE INCREMENTO
Of increase; in addition. Costs de incremento , or costs of increase, are the costs adjudged by the court in civil actions, in addition to the damages and nominal costs […]
DE INFIRMITATE
Of infirmity. The principal essoin in the time of Glanville; afterwards called “de malo.” 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 115. See DE HALO; ESSOIN.
DE INGRESSU
A writ of entry . Reg. Orig. 227b, et seq.
DE INJURIA
Of [his own] wrong. In the technical language of pleading, a replication de injuria is one that may be made iu an action of tort where the defendant has admitted […]
DE INOFFICIOSO TESTAMENTO
Concerning an inofficious or undutiful will. A title of the civil law. Inst. 2, 18.
DE INTEGRO
Anew; a second time. As it was before.
DE INTRUSIONS
A writ of intrusion; where a stranger entered after the death of the tenant, to the injury of the reversioner . Reg. Orig. 233b.
DE JACTURA EVITANDA
For avoiding a loss. A phrase applied to a defendant, as de lucro captando is to a plaintiff. Jones v. Sevier, 1 Utt (Ky.) 51, 13 Am. Dec. 2ia
DE JUDAISMO, STATUTUM
The name of a statute passed in the reign of Edward I. which enacted severe and arbitrary penalties against the Jews.
DE JUDICATO SOLVENDO
For payment of the amount adjudged. A term applied in the Scotch law to bail to the action, or special bail .
DE JUDICIIS
Of judicial proceedings . The title of the second part of the Digests or Pandects, Including the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh books. See Dig. prooem.
DE JUDICIO SISTI
For appearing in court. A term applied in the Scotch and admiralty law , to bail for a defendant’s appearance.
