In English law. A writ which lay against a bishop who, within six months after the vacation of a benefice, conferred it on his clerk, while two others were contending at law for the right of presentation, calling upon him to show cause why he had incumbered the church. Reg. Orig. 32. Abolished by 3 A 4 Wm. IV. c 27. … [Read more...]

money. A gold coin of the United States of the value of two dollars and a half. 2. It weighs sixty-four and one-half grains. Of one thousand parts, nine hundred are of pure gold, and one hundred of alloy. … [Read more...]

A writ that formerly lay where the lord proffered a suitable marriage to his ward, who rejected it, and entered into the land, and married another, the value of his marriage not being satisfied to the lord. Abolished by 12 Car. II. c 24. … [Read more...]

The seal kept by the director of the chancery in Scotland is so called. It is in the shape and impression of the fourth part of the great seal. … [Read more...]

In English law. A writ to recover damages against a bishop who does not admit a plaintiff's clerk. It is, however, rarely or never necessary; for it is said that a bishop, refusing to execute the writ ad admittcndum clericum, or making an insufficient return to It, may be fined. Wats. Cler. Law, 302. … [Read more...]