A RUBRO AD NIGRUM

Lat. From the red to the black; from the rubric or title of a statute, (which, anciently, was in red letters,) to its body, which was in the ordinary black. Tray. Latin: Max.; Bell, “Rubric.” A snmmo remedio ad inferiorem actionem non habetur regressus, neqne auxilium. From (after using) the highest remedy, there can be no recourse (going back) to an inferior action, nor assistance, (derived from it.) Fleta, lib. 6, c. 1,