Latin: From whom. A term used to designate the person by, through, from, or under whom another claims. Brent v. New Orleans, 41 La. Ann. 1098, 6 South. 793. … [Read more...] about DE CUJUS
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DE CERTIFICANDO
A writ requiring a thing to be certified. A kind of certiorari. Reg. Orig. 151, 152. … [Read more...] about DE CERTIFICANDO
DE COMON DROIT
L. Fr. Of common right; that is, by the common law. Co. Litt 142a. … [Read more...] about DE COMON DROIT
DE CURIA CLAUDENDA
An obsolete writ to require a defendant to fence in his court or land about his house, where it was left open to the injury of his neighbor's freehold. 1 Crabb, Real Prop. 314; Rust v. Low, 6 Mass. 90. … [Read more...] about DE CURIA CLAUDENDA
DE CERTIORANDO
A writ for certifying. A writ directed to the sheriff, requiring him to certify to a particular fact Reg. Orig. 24. … [Read more...] about DE CERTIORANDO