Abbreviation of de bene esse … [Read more...] about DBE
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DE ANNO BISSEXTILI
Of the bissextile or leap year. The title of a statute passed In the twenty-first year of Henry III., which in fact however, is nothing more than a sort of writ or direction to the justices of the bench, instructing them how the extraordinary day in the leap year was to be reckoned in cases where persons had a day to appear at the distance of a year, as on the essoin de mala … [Read more...] about DE ANNO BISSEXTILI
DE BENE ESSE
Conditionally; provisionally; in anticipation of a future need. A phrase applied to proceedings wfhich are taken w parte or provisionally, and are allowed to stand as well done for the present, but? which may be subject to future exception or challenge, and must then stand or fall according to their intrinsic merit and regularity. Thus, "in certain cases, the courts will allow … [Read more...] about DE BENE ESSE
DBN
Abbreviation of de bonis non … [Read more...] about DBN
DE ANNUA PENSIONE
Breve. Writ of annual pension. An ancient writ by which the king, having a yearly pension due him out of an abbey or priory for any of his chaplains, demanded the same of the abbot or prior, for the person named in the writ Reg. Orig. 265b, 307; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 231 G. … [Read more...] about DE ANNUA PENSIONE