KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

DE COMBUSTIONS DOMORUM

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DE DEBITORE IN PARTES

DE COMBUSTIONE DOMORUM. Of house burning. One of the kinds of appeal formerly in use in England. Bract fol. 146&; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 38. DE COMMUN1 DIVIDUNDO. For di viding a thing held in common. The name of an action given by the civil law. Mack eld. Rom. Daw, § 499. DE COMON DROIT. L. Fr. Of common right; that is, by the common law. Co. Litt. 142a. A writ commanding a defendant to render a reasonable account to the plaintiff, or show cause to the contrary. Reg. Orig. 135-138; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 117, E. The foundation of the modern action of account DE CONCIXIO CURIAE. By the advice (or direction) of the court. DE CONFLICTU LEGUM. Concerning the conflict of laws. The title of several works written on that subject 2 Kent, Comm. 455. DE CONJUNCTIM FEOFFATIS. Con cerning persons jointly enfeoffed, or seised. The title of the statute 34 Edw. I., which was passed to prevent the delay occasioned by tenants in novel disseisin, and other writs, pleading that some one else was seised joint ly with them. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 243. DE CONSANGUINEO, and DE CON SANGUINITATE. Writs of cosinage, («• v.) In old criminal law. Of counsel; concerning counsel or advice to commit a crime. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31, § 8. DE CONSILIO CURIJB. By the advice or direction of the court Bract, fol. 3456. DE COMPTJTO. Writ of account. DE CONSH*IO. DE CONTUMACE CAPIENDO. Writ for taking a contumacious person. A writ which issues out of the English court of chancery, in cases where a person has been pronounced by an ecclesiastical court to be contumacious, and in contempt. Shelf. Mar. & Div. 494-496, and notes. It is a commit ment for contempt Id. DE COPIA LIBELLI DELIBERANDA. Writ for delivering the copy of a libel. An ancient writ directed to the judge of a spiritual court, commanding him to deliver to a defendant a copy of the libel filed against him in such court Reg. Orig. 58. The writ in the register is directed to the Dean of the Arches, and his commissary. Id. DE CONTINUANDO ASSISAM. to continue an assise. Reg. Orig. 2176. Writ

DE CORONATORE ELIGENDO. Writ for electing a coroner. A writ issued to the sheriff in England, commanding him to pro ceed to the election of a coroner, which it done in full county court, the freeholders being the electors. Sewell, Sheriffs, 372. DE CORONATORE EXONERANDO. Writ for discharging or removing a coroner. A writ by which a coroner in England may be removed from office for some cause there in assigned. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 163, 164; 1 Bl. Comm. 348. DE CORPORE COMITATUS. From the body of the county at large, as distinguished from a particular neighborhood, (de vicineto.) 3 Bl. Comm. 360. Used with reference to the composition of a jury. State v. Kemp, 34 Minn. 61, 24 N. W. 349. DE CORRODIO HABEND O. Writ for having a corody. A writ to exact a corody from a religious house. Reg. Orig. 264, Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 230. See COEODT. DE CUJUS. Lat From whom. A term used to designate the person by, through, from, or under whom another claims. Brent v. New Orleans, 41 La. Ann. 1098, 6 South. 793. DE CURIA CLAUDENDA. An obsolete writ to require a defendant to fence in his court or land about his house, where it was left open to the injury of his neighbor's freehold. 1 Crabb, Real Prop. 314; Rust Y. Low, 6 Mass. 90. DE CURSU. Of course. The usual, nec essary, and formal proceedings.in an action are said to be de cursu; as distinguished from summary proceedings, or such as are incidental and may be taken on summons or motion. Writs de cursu are such as are issued of course, as distinguished from prerogative writs. Writ for admitting a guardian. Reg. Orig. 936, 198. DE CUSTODE AMOVENDO. Writ for removing a guardian. Reg. Orig. 198. DE CUSTODIA TERRAS ET HiERE DIS, Breve. L. Lat Writ of ward, or writ of right of ward. A writ which lay for a guardian in knight's service or in socage, to recover the possession and custody of the infant, or the wardship of the land and heir. Reg. Orig. 1616; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 139, B; 3 Bl. Comm. 141. DE DEBITO. A writ of debt Reg. Orig. 139. DE DEBITORE IN PARTES SECAN DO. In Roman law. "Of cutting a debtor DE CUSTODE ADMITTENDO.