Writ of post disseisin. A writ which lay for him who, having recovered lands or tenements by praecipe quod reddat, on default or reddition, was again disseised by the former disseisor. Reg. Orig. 208; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 190. … [Read more...] about DE POST DISSEISINA
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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 simple, where one was deprived of his or her share by another. Reg. Orig. 3b; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 9, B. Abolished by St 3 A 4 Wm. IV. c 27. … [Read more...] about DE RECTO DE RATIONABILI PARTE
DE MERCATORIBUS
'Concerning merchants." The name of a statute passed in the eleventh year of Edw. I. (1233,) more commonly called the "Statute of Acton Burnel," authorizing the recognizance by statute merchant See 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 160-162 ; 2 BL Comm. 161. Be minimis non enrat las. The law does not care for, or take notice of, very small or trifling matters. The law does not concern itself … [Read more...] about DE MERCATORIBUS
DE ONERANDO PRO RATA PORTIONE
Writ for charging according to a rateable proportion. A writ which lay for a joint tenant or tenant in common, who was distrained for more rent than his proportion of the land came to. Reg. Orig. 182; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 234, H. … [Read more...] about DE ONERANDO PRO RATA PORTIONE
DE LEPROSO AMOVENDO
Writ for removing a leper. A writ to remove a leper who thrust himself into the company of his neighbors in any parish, In public or private places, to their annoyance. Reg. Orig. 267; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 234, E; New Nat. Brev. 621. … [Read more...] about DE LEPROSO AMOVENDO