In English law. An ancient writ of entry by which the plaintiff or complainant sought an entry into his lands. Abolished in 1833. … [Read more...]
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TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In English law. An ancient writ of entry by which the plaintiff or complainant sought an entry into his lands. Abolished in 1833. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Those who receive property from someone who dies. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In old English law. Ingress; entry The relief paid by an heir to the lord was sometimes so called. Cowell. … [Read more...]
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In ecclesiastical law. A writ issuing from a superior ecclesiastical court, forbidding an inferior judge to proceed further in a cause pending before him. In this sense it is closely analogous to the writ of prohibition at common law. Also the command of a bishop or ecclesiastical judge that a clergyman shall cease from taking any duty. In Scotch law. A species of diligence or … [Read more...]
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An engrosser. In grossator magni rotuli, engrosser of the great roll; afterwards called "clerk of the pipe." Spelman; Cowell. … [Read more...]