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HABEAS CORPORA JURATORUM

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A writ commanding the sheriff to bring up the persons of jurors, and, if need were, to distrain them of their lands and goods, in order to insure or compel their attendance in court on the day of trial of a cause. It issued from the Common Pleas, and served the same purpose as a distringas juratores in the King's Bench. It was abolished by the C. L. p. Act, 1852, … [Read more...] about HABEAS CORPORA JURATORUM

HABEAS CORPUS

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Lat. (You have the body.) The name given to a variety of writs, (of which these were anciently the emphatic words,) having for their object to bring a party before a court or Judge. In common usage, and whenever these words are used alone, they are understood to mean the habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, (see infra.) Habeas corpus aet. The English statute of 31 Car. II. c. 2, is … [Read more...] about HABEAS CORPUS

HABENDUM

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conveyancing. This is a Latin word, which signifies to have. 2. In conveyancing, it is that part of a deed which usually declares what estate or interest is granted by it, its certainty, duration, and to what use. It sometimes qualifies the estate, so that the general implication of the estate, which, by construction of law, passes in the premises, may by the habendum be … [Read more...] about HABENDUM