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DE CORRODIO HABENDO

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Writ for having a corody. A writ to exact a corody from a religious house. Reg. Orig. 264, Fitzh. Nat Brev. 230. See COBODT. … [Read more...] about DE CORRODIO HABENDO

DE CAUTIONE ADMITTENDA

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Writ to take caution or security. A writ which anciently lay against a bishop who held an excommunicated person in prison for his contempt notwithstanding he had offered sufficient security (idoneam cautloncm) to obey the commands of the church; commanding him to take such security and release the prisoner. Reg. Orig. 66; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 63, C. … [Read more...] about DE CAUTIONE ADMITTENDA

DE COMMUNI DIVIDUNDO

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For dividing a thing held In common. The name of an action given by the civil law. Mackeld. Rom. Law, 499. … [Read more...] about DE COMMUNI DIVIDUNDO

DE CUJUS

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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

DE CERTIFICANDO

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A writ requiring a thing to be certified. A kind of certiorari. Reg. Orig. 151, 152. … [Read more...] about DE CERTIFICANDO

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