If the plaintiff in a plaint in the mayor's court of London has attached property belonging to the defendant and obtained execution against the garnishee, the defendant, if he wishes to contest the plaintiff's claim, and obtain restoration of his property, must issue a scire facias ad dis probandum deMtum; if the only question to be tried is the plaintiff's debt, the plaintiff … [Read more...]

In English law. Paid magistrates; appointed in London and some other cities and boroughs, and having In general the powers and jurisdiction of justices of the peace. … [Read more...]

Stet processus is an entry on the roll in the nature of a judgment of a direction that all further proceedings shall be stayed, (i.e., that the process may stand,) and It is one of the ways by which a suit may be terminated by an act of the party, as distinguished from a termination of It by judgment,' which is the act of the court It was used by the plaintiff when he wished to … [Read more...]

Latin: In the civil law. The pay of a soldier; wages; stipend. Calvin. … [Read more...]

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