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
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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
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