The sheriff. … [Read more...]

Latin for see which directs a person to other areas of a text or book. A word of reference. Vide ante, or vide supra, refers to a previous passage, vide post, or vide infra, to a subsequent passage, in a book. Videbis ea saepe committi quae saepe vindicantur. You will see these things frequently committed which are frequently punished. … [Read more...]

The sheriff did not send the writ. An entry made on the record when nothing has been done by virtue of a writ which has been directed to the sheriff. … [Read more...]

Latin: The words "to wit," or "that is to say," so frequently used in pleading, are technically called the "videlicet" or "scilicet;" and when any fact alleged in pleading is preceded by, or accompanied with, these words, such fact is, in the language of the law, said to be "laid under a videlicet." The use of the videlicet is to point out, particularize, or render more … [Read more...]

The sheriff hath not sent the writ. The form of continuance on the record after issue and before trial. 7 Mod. 349; 11 Mod. 28L … [Read more...]