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In equity. De jure stricto, nihil possum vendicare, de equitate tamen, nullo modo hoc obtinet; in strict law, I can claim nothing, but in equity this by no means obtains. Fleta, lib. 8, c. 2, f 10. … [Read more...] about DE AEQUITATE

Concerning the property of religious persons carried away. The title of the statute 35 Edward I. passed to check the abuses of clerical possessions, one of which was the waste they suffered by being drained into foreign countries. 2 Reeve. Eng. Law. 157; 2 Inst. 580. … [Read more...] about DE ASPORTATIS RELIGIOSORUM

Writ for not removing goods. A writ anciently directed to the sheriffs of London, commanding them, in cases where a writ of error was brought by a defendant against whom a. Judgment was recovered, to see that his goods and chattels were safely kept without being removed, while the error remained undetermined, so that execution might be had of them, etc. Reg. Orig. 131b; Termes … [Read more...] about DE BONIS NON AMOVENDIS

In English law. A permission granted to a prisoner to go out of prison, for the purpose of transacting his business, as to hear a case in which he 1B concerned at the assizes, etc. Abolished by 5 A 6 Vict a 22, 112. … [Read more...] about DAY-RULE, OR DAY-WRIT

In Roman law. One of the Innominate contracts, and, in effect, a sale of land or goods at a price fixed, (de aestimato) and guarantied by some third party, who undertook to find a purchaser. … [Read more...] about DE AESTIMATO