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In Scotch law. A name descriptive of a class of obligations marked by unusual severity. A debtor who is under an obligation of this kind cannot claim the benefit of the act of grace, the privilege of sanctuary, or the ces sio bonorum. Ersk. Inst lib. 3, tit 3, … [Read more...] about AD FACTUM PRIESTANDUM

To inquire; a writ of inquiry; a judicial writ, commanding inquiry to be made of any thing relating to a cause pending in court. Cowell. … [Read more...] about AD INQUIRENDUM

To show. Formal words in old writs. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 65, … [Read more...] about AD OSTENDENDUM

A beneficial action or equitable action. An action founded on equity instead of strict law, and available for those who had equitable rights or the beneficial ownership of property. Actions are divided into directae or utiles actions. The former are founded on certain legal obligations which from their origin were accurately defined and recognized as actionable. The latter were … [Read more...] about ACTIO UTILIS

In the English chancery. Writs for which there were precedents. The statute of Westminster, 2, c. 24, gave chancery authority to form new writs in consimili casu; hence the action on the case. … [Read more...] about ACTIONES NOMINATES