Writ of right . Reg. Orig. 1, 2; Bract, fol. 3276. See WKIT or RIGHT.
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DE RECTO DE ADVOCATIONS
Writ of right of advowson. Reg. Orig. 296. A writ which lay for one who had an estate in an advowson to him and his heirs in fee- simple, if […]
DE RECTO DE RATIONABILI PARTE
Writ of right , of reasonable part. A writ which lay between privies in blood, as between brothers in gavelkind, or between sisters or other coparceners for lands in fee- […]
DE RECTO PATENS
Writ of right patent. Reg. Orig. 1.
DE REDISSEISINA
Writ of redisseisin . A writ which lay where a man recovered by assise of novel disseisin land, rent, or common, and the like, and was put in possession thereof […]
DE REPARATIONE FACIENDA
A writ by which one tenant in common seeks to compel another to aid in repairing the property held in common. 8 Barn. & C. 209.
DE RESCUSSU
Writ of rescue or res- cous. A writ which lay where cattle distrained, or persons arrested, were rescued from those taking them. Reg. Orig. 117, 118; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 101, […]
DE RETORNO HABENDO
For having a return; to have a return. A term applied to the judgment for the defendant in an action of replevin, awarding him a return of the goods replevied; […]
DE RIEN CULPABLE
L. Fr. Guilty af nothing; not guilty .
DE SA VIE
L. Fr. Of his or her life; of ills own life; as distinguished from pur autre vie, for another’s life. Litt.
DE SALVA GARDIA
A writ of safeguard allowed to strangers seeking their rights in English courts, and apprehending violence or Injury to their persons or property. Reg. Orig. 26.
DE SALVO CONDUCTU
A writ of safe conduct. Reg. Orig. 256, 26.
DE SCACCARIO
Of or concerning the exchequer. The title of a statute passed in the fifty-first year of Henry III. 2 Reeve. Eng. Law, 61.
DE SCUTAGIO HABENDO
Writ for having (or to have) escuage or scutage. A writ which anciently lay against tenants by knight-service , to compel them to serve in the king’s wars or send […]
DE SE BENE GERENDO
For behaving himself well; for his good behavior Yelv. 90, 154.
DE SECTA AD MOLENDINUM
Of suit to a mill. A writ which lay to compel one to continue his custom (of grinding) at a mill. 3 Bl. Comm. 235; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 122, M.
DE SIMILIBUA AD SIMILIA EADEM RATIONE PROCEDENDUM EST
From like things to like things we are to proceed by the same rule or reason, [i. e., we are allowed to argue from the analogy of cases.] Branch, Princ.
DE SIMILIBUS IDEM EST JTULICANDUM
Of [respecting] like tilings, [In like cases,] the judgment is to be the same. 7 Coke, 18.
DE SON TORT
TORT. L. Fr. Of his own wrong. A stranger who takes upon him to act as an executor without any just authority is called an “executor of his own wrong,” […]
DE SON TORT DEMESNE
Of his own wrong. The law French equivalent of the Latin phrase de injuria , (g. v.)
DE SON TORT TRUSTEE
A party not involved in a trust but takes on the acts of the acts of the trustee. They are a constructive trusee and are responsible for what they do. […]
DE STATE PROBANDA
For proving age. A writ which formerly lay to summon a jury in order to determine the age of the heir of a tenant in capite who claimed his estate […]
DE STATUTO MERCATORIO
The writ of statute merchant. Reg. Orig. 1466.
DE STATUTO STAPUL-ffi
The writ of statute staple. Reg. Orig. 151.
DE SUPERONERATIONE PAS- TUR
Writ of surcharge of pasture. A judicial writ which lay for him who was impleaded in the county court , for surcharging a common with his cattle, In a case […]
