That which may be exacted demandable; requirable. … [Read more...]

A writ that lay for the crown's ward, to be free from all suit to the county court, hundred court, leet, etc., during wardship. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 158. … [Read more...]

civil law. The: interdiction of all places except one in which the party is forced to make his residence. 2. This punishment did not deprive the sufferer of his right of citizenship or of his property, unless the exile were perpetual, in which case confiscation not infrequently was a part of the sentence. Exile was temporary or perpetual. Exile differs from deportation, and … [Read more...]

A writ of the same nature as that last above described, issued by the guardian of the crown's ward, and addressed to the sheriffs or stewards of the court, forbidding them to distrain him, etc., for not doing suit of court, etc. New Nat. Brev. 352. … [Read more...]

Lat. In old English law. (1) Exile; banishment from one's country. (2) Driving away; despoiling. The name of a species of waste, which consisted in driving away tenants or vassals from the estate; as by demolishing buildings, and so compelling the tenants to leave, or by enfranchising the bond servants, and unlawfully turning them out of their tenements. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 9. … [Read more...]