A payment that reduces the amount owed to zero or results in no further obligations. … [Read more...]

An abolished writ for disannulling a fine levied of lands in ancient demesne to the prejudice of the lord. Reg. Orig. 15. … [Read more...]

Sax. In old English law. A summoning forth to a military expedition, (indictio ad profectionem militarem.) Spelman. … [Read more...]

A settlement agreement by parties to a lawsuit which settles all the outstanding issues and puts an end to the lawsuit. There will usually be clauses with regard to the right to reopen a case based upon certain circumstances, etc. although some are final and binding where there will be mutual releases by each party agreeing that, after this settlement, all further litigation on … [Read more...]

An obsolete writ which lay for a person who, upon conviction by jury, had his lands and goods taken, and his body imprisoned, to be remitted his imprisonment, and have his lands and goods redelivered to him, on obtaining favor of a sum of money, etc. Reg. Orig. 142. … [Read more...]