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In the civil law. To spoil; to rob or plunder. Applied to inheritances. Dig. 47, 19; Cod. 9, 32. … [Read more...] about EXPILARE

An expedition; an irregular kind of army. Spelman. … [Read more...] about EXPEDITIO

In the civil law. The offense of unlawfully appropriating goods belonging to a succession. It is not technically theft (furtum) because such property no longer belongs to the decedent, nor to the heir, since the latter has not yet taken possession. … [Read more...] about EXPILATIO

In old practice. The service of a writ Townsh. Pl. 43. … [Read more...] about EXPEDITIO BREVIS

civil law. The crime of abstracting the goods of a succession. 2. This is said not to be a theft, because the property no longer belongs to the deceased, nor to the heir before he has taken possession. In the common law, the grant of letters testamentary, or letters of administration, relate back to the time of the death of the testator or intestate, so that the property of the … [Read more...] about EXPILATION