pleading. Which is the same. 2. When the defendant in trespass justifies, that the trespass justified in the plea is the same as that complained of in the declaration; this clause is called quae est eadem. Gould. Pl. c. 3, s. 79, 80. 3. The form is as follows: which are the same assaulting, heating and ill-treating, the said John, in the said declaration mentioned, and whereof … [Read more...]

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Lat. Which [does or requires] nothing in vain. Which requires nothing to be done, that is, to no purpose. 2 Kent, Comm. 53. Qnss non neri dobent, facta Talent. Things which ought not to be done are held valid when they have been done Tray. Latin: Max. 484. Qnss non valeant singula, juncta ju-Tant. Things which do not avail when separate, when joined avail. 3 Bulst' 132; Broom, … [Read more...]

Latin: The fortieth. The flrst Sunday in Lent is so called because It is about the fortieth day before Easter. Cowell. … [Read more...]

Lat. In old English practice. A writ which lay where an Inquisition had been made by an escheator in any county of such lands or tenements as any man died seised of, and all that was in his possession was imagined not to be found by the office; the writ commanding the escheator to inquire what more (quw plura) lands and tenements the party held on the day when he died, etc … [Read more...]