Latin: In the civil law. Established; determined. A term applied to judicial action. Dig. 50, 16, 46, pr. In old English law. A statute; an act of parliament Statutum do mercatoribus. The statute of Acton Burnell. (q. t?.)-Statutum Hibernis de cohaeredibus. The statute 14 Hen. III. The third public act in the statute-book, It has been pronounced not to be a statute. In the form … [Read more...] about STATUTUM
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STATUTE OF MERTON
A statute so called, because the parliament or rather council, which enacted it, sat at Merton, in Surrey. … [Read more...] about STATUTE OF MERTON
STATUTUM DE JUDAISMO
The name of a statute passed in the reign of Edw. I., which enacted severe and absurd penalties against the Jews. Barr. on Stat. 197. 2. The Jews were exceedingly oppressed during the middle ages throughout Christendom, and, are so still in some countries. In France, a Jew was a serf, and his person and goods belonged to the baron on whose demesnes he lived. He could not change … [Read more...] about STATUTUM DE JUDAISMO
STATEMENT OF DEFENSE
A defendant's written answer responding to a plaintiff's Statement of Claim where the defendant addresses each issue and either admits or denies each claim. This identifies which issues the defendant concedes and which the defendant wishes to litigate and which defenses the defendant will assert at trial. … [Read more...] about STATEMENT OF DEFENSE
STATU LIBERI
in Louisiana. Slaves for a time, who have acquired the right of being free at a time to come, or on a condition which is not fulfilled, or in a certain event which has not happened, but who, in the mean time, remain in a state of slavery. … [Read more...] about STATU LIBERI