A writ which lay to prevent or stay waste by a tenant, during the pendency of a suit against him to recover the lands. Reg. Orig. 706. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 60. … [Read more...] about DE ESTREPAMENTO
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DE FACTO STANDARD
A standard that is accepted and practically official but not officially recognized or accepted. As opposed to a De Jure Standard.) … [Read more...] about DE FACTO STANDARD
DE EU ET TRENE
L. Fr. Of water and whip of three cords. A term applied to a neife, that is, a bond woman or female villein, as employed in servile work, and subject to corporal punishment Co. Litt. 256. … [Read more...] about DE EU ET TRENE
DE FAIRE ECHELLE
In French law. A clause commonly Inserted in policies of marine insurance, equivalent to a license to touch and trade at intermediate ports. American Ins. Co. v. Griswold, 14 Wend. (tf. Y.) 491. … [Read more...] about DE FAIRE ECHELLE
DE EVE ET DE TREVE
A law French phrase, equivalent to the Latin de avo et da tritavo, descriptive of the ancestral rights of lords in their villeins. Literally, "from grandfather and from great-grandfather's great-grandfather." It occurs in the Year Books. … [Read more...] about DE EVE ET DE TREVE