A reasonable trespass that is pardonable and forgiven and does not rise to a lawsuit. … [Read more...]

These words occur in the stat. 13 Ed. I. cap. 45, in the following connexion: Et...precipiatur vice comiti quod scire faciat parti... quod sit ad certum diem ostensura si quid sciat dicere quare hujustnodi irrotulata vel in fine contenta executionem habere non debeant. This statute is the origin of the scire facias post annum et diem quare executionem non, etc. To a plea in bar … [Read more...]

In the civil law. An excuse or reason which exempts from some duty or obligation. … [Read more...]

(A) contracts. The accomplishment of a thing; as the execution of a bond and warrant of attorney, which is the signing, sealing, and delivery of the same. (B) crim. law. The putting a convict to death, agreeably to law, in pursuance of his sentence. (C) practice. The act of carrying into effect the final judgment of a court, or other jurisdiction. The writ which authorizes the … [Read more...]

In English law. An excuser. In old German law. A defendant; he who utterly denies the plaintiff's claim. Du Cange. Excusatur quis quod elameum non opposuerit, ut si to to tempore litigii fnit ultra mare quacunque occasione. Co. Litt. 260. He is excused who does not bring his claim, if, during the whole period in which it ought to have been brought, he has been beyond sea for … [Read more...]