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Latin: A good and lawful man. A phrase particularly applied to a juror or witness who was free from all exception. 3 Bl. Comm. 102. … [Read more...] about PROBUS ET LEGALIS HOMO

In practice. A writ by which a cause which has been removed from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari or otherwise is sent down again to the same court, to be. proceeded in there, where it appears to the superior court that it was removed on insufficient grounds. Cowell; 1 Tidd, Pr. 408, 410; Yates v. People, 6 Johns. (N. Y.) 446. A writ which issued out of the common … [Read more...] about PROCEDENDO

Laws which establish procedure and rules in court and the court system and the manner in which matters are conducted. … [Read more...] about PROCEDURAL LAW

The proof before an officer appointed by law, that an instrument offered to be recorded is the act of the person whose last will and testament it purports to be. Upon proof being so made and security being given when the laws of the state require such security, the officer grants to the executors or administrators cum testamento annexo, when there been adopted, but provision is … [Read more...] about PROBATE OF A WILL

Latin: Proof; more particularly direct, as distinguished from indirect or circumstantial' evidence. Probatio mortua. Dead proof; that is proof by inanimate objects, such as deeds or other written evidence. Probatio plena. In the civil law. Full proof; proof by two witnesses, or a public instrument Haflifax, Civil Law, b. 3, c. 9, no. 25; 3 Bl. Comm. 370. Probatio semi-plena. In … [Read more...] about PROBATIO