A money verdict the amount of which is fixed by the following process: Each juror writes down the sum he wishes to award by the verdict; these amounts are all added together, and the total is divided by twelve, (the number of the jurors,) and the quotient stands as the verdict of the jury by their agreement. Quotles dubia interpretatio Ubertatis est, secundum libertatem … [Read more...]

Engl. law. That he give leave to demolish. The name of a writ which commands the defendant to permit the plaintiff to abate the nuisance of which complaint is made, or otherwise to appear in court and to show cause why he will not. On proof of the facts the plaintiff is entitled to have judgment to abate the nuisance and to recover damages. This proceeding, on account of its … [Read more...]

Latin, meaning When there is no ambiguity in words, then no exposition contrary to the expressed words is to be made. … [Read more...]

A writ which lay for spiritual persons, distrained in their spiritual possessions, for payment of a fifteenth with the rest of the parish. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 175. Obsolete. Quod populus postromum jussit, id jus ratum esto. What the people have last enacted, let that be the established law. A law of the Twelve Table, the principle of which is still recognized. 1 Bl. Comm. 89. Quod … [Read more...]

Of how many kinds; how many fold. A term of frequent occurrence in Sheppard's Touchstone. … [Read more...]