Lat. When they shall come in. The name of a judgment sometimes given against an executor, especially on a plea of plene administravit, which empowers the plaintiff to have the benefit of assets which may at any time thereafter come to the hands of the executor. Quando aliquid mandatur, mandatur et omne per quod pervenitur ad illud. 5 Coke, 116. When anything is commanded, … [Read more...]

Lat. The name of an action in the civil law, (and in Louisiana,) brought by the purchaser of an article, for a reduction of the agreed price on account of defects in the thing which diminish its value … [Read more...]

pleading. That which is susceptible of measure. 2. It is a general rule that, when the declaration alleges an injury to goods and chattels, or any contract relating to them, their quantity should be stated. Gould on Pl. c. 4, 35. And in actions for the recovery of real estate, the quantity of the land should be specified. … [Read more...]

Latin meaning How much, an amount. … [Read more...]

estates. One which has a qualification subjoined to it, and which must be determined whenever the qualification annexed to it is at an end. A Limitation to a man and his heirs on the part of his father, affords an example of this species of estate. … [Read more...]