When a writ of entry is brought against a second alienee or descendant from the disseisor, it is said to be in the per and cui, because the form of the writ is that the tenant had not entry but by and under a prior alienee, to whom the intruder himself demised … [Read more...] about PER AND CUI
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PER FORMAM DONI
L. Latin: In English law. By the form of the gift; by the designation of the giver, and not by the operation of law. 2 Bl. Comm. 113, 191. … [Read more...] about PER FORMAM DONI
PER AND POST
To come in in the per is to claim by or through the person last entitled to an estate; as the heirs or assigns of the grantee. To come in in the post is to claim by a paramount and prior title; as the lord by escheat. … [Read more...] about PER AND POST
PER FRAUDEM
Latin: By fraud. Where a plea alleges matter of discharge, and the replication avers that the discharge was fraudulently obtained and is therefore Invalid, it is called a "replication per fraudem." … [Read more...] about PER FRAUDEM
PER ANNULUM ET BACULUM
Lat. In old English law. By ring and staff, or crozier. The symbolical mode of conferring an ecclesiastical investure. 1 Bl. Comm. 878, 379. … [Read more...] about PER ANNULUM ET BACULUM