Lat. A writ of nuisance, which, by 15 Edw. I., lay against him to whom a house or other thing that caused a nuisance descended or was alienated ; whereas, before that statute the action lay only against him who first levied or caused the nuisance to the damage of his neighbor. Cowell. Qui abjurat regnnm amittit regnum, ?ed non regent; patriam, sed non patrem patriae. 7 Coke, 9. … [Read more...]

A jail which used to be appropriated to the debtors and criminals confined under process or by authority of the superior courts at Westminster, the high court of admiralty, and also to persons imprisoned under the bankrupt law. … [Read more...]

Latin meaning He who acts through another acts himself. … [Read more...]

L. Lat. An old writ which lay where a rent-charge or other rent which was not rent service was granted by fine holding of the grantor. If the tenant would not attorn, then the grantee might have had this writ Old Nat. Brev. 126. Quemadntodum ad qusestionem fact! non respondent Indices, ita ad quaestionem juris non respondent juratores. In the same manner that judges do not … [Read more...]

Latin meaning He who stices to the letter, sticks to the bark. … [Read more...]