ODIO ET ATIA

A writ anciently called “oreve de oono et malo,” addressed to the sheriff to inquire whether a man committed to prison upon suspicion of murder were committed on just cause of suspicion, or only upon malice and 111 will; and if, upon the inquisition, it were found that he was not guilty, then there issued another writ to the sheriff to bail him. Reg. Orig. 133. Odiosa et inhonesta non sunt in lege prsesumanda. Odious and dishonest acts are not presumed in law. Co. Litt. 78; Jackson y. Miller, 6 Wend. (N. Y.) 228, 231, 21 Am. Dec. 316; Nichols y. Pinner, 18 N. Y. 295, 300. Odiosa non praesumuntur. Odious things are not presumed. Burrows, Sett. Oas. 190.