A writ In the nature of a writ of right, which lay where upon a subinfeudation the mesne (or middle) lord suffered his under-tenant or tenant paravail to be distrained upon by the lord paramount for the rent due him from the mesne lord. Booth, Real Act. 136. … [Read more...] about DE MEDIO
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DE ODIO ET ATIA
A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to inquire whether a prisoner charged with murder was committed upon just cause of suspicion, or merely propter odium et atiam, (through hatred and ill will;) and if, upon the inquisition, due cause of suspicion did not appear, then there issued another writ for the sheriff to admit him to ball. 3 BL Comm. 128. … [Read more...] about DE ODIO ET ATIA
DE MELIORIBUS DAMNIS
Of or for the better damages. A term used in practice to denote the election by a plaintiff against which of several defendants (where the damages have been assessed separately) he will take judgment 1 Arch. Pr. K. B. 219; Knickerbacker v. Colver, 8 Cow. (N. Y.) … [Read more...] about DE MELIORIBUS DAMNIS
DE OFFICE
French: Of office; in virtue of office; officially; in the discharge of ordinary duty. Also another term for "the office" in the parlance of our times. (An LOL from TheLaw.com.) … [Read more...] about DE OFFICE
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