KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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lands; calling upon the tenant to appeal and show cause why he committed waste and destruction in the place named, to the disinherison (ad exheeredatfonem) of the plaintiff. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 55, O; 3 Bl. Comm. 227, 228. Abolished by St 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 27. 3 Steph. Comm. 506. DB VENTRE INSPICIENDO. A writ to inspect the body, where a woman feigns to be pregnant to see whether she is with child. It lies for the heir presumptive to ex amine a widow suspected to be feigning pregnancy in order to enable a supposititious heir to obtain the estate. 1 Bl. Comm. 456; 2 Steph. Comm. 287. It lay also where a woman sentenced to death pleaded pregnancy. 4 Bl. Comm. 495. This writ has been recognized in America. 2 Chand. Crim. Tr. 381. DE VERBO IN VERBUM. Word for word. Bract fol. 1386. Literally, from word to word. DE VERBORUM SIGNIFICATION. Of the signification of words. An important title of the Digests or Pandects, (Dig. 50, 16,) consisting entirely of definitions of words and phrases used in the Roman law. DE VI LAICA AMOVENDA. Writ of (or for) removing lay force. A writ which lay where two parsons contended for a church, and one of them entered into It with a great number of laymen, and held out the other vi et armis; then he that was holden out had this writ directed to the sheriff, that he remove the force. Reg. Orig. 59; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 54, D. DE VICINETO. From the neighborhood, or vicinage. 3 Bl. Comm. 360. A term ap plied to a jury. DE WARRANTIA CHARTS. Writ of warranty of charter. A writ which lay for him who was enfeoffed, with clause of war ranty, [in the charter of feoffment,] and was afterwards impleaded in an assise or other action, in which he could not vouch or call to warranty; in which case he might have this writ against the feoffor, or his heir, to compel him to warrant the land unto him. Reg. Orig. 1576; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 134, D. Abolished by St. 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 27. DE WARRANTIA DIEI. A writ that lay where a man had a day in any action to appear in proper person, and the king at that day, or before, employed him in some service, so that he could not appear at the day in court It was directed to the justices, that they should not record him to be in default for his not appearing. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 17, A; Termes de la Ley. DEACON. In ecclesiastical law. A min ister or servant in the church, whose office is

DE PAS TTTRiE. Writ of surcharge of pasture. A judicial writ which lay for him who was impleaded in the county court, for surcharg ing a common with his cattle, in a case where he was formerly impleaded for it in the same court, and the cause was removed into one of the courts at Westminster. Reg. Jud. 366. DE TABULIS EXHIBENDIS. Of show ing the tablets of a will. Dig. 43, 5. DE TAXLAGIO NON CONCEDENDO. Of not allowing talliage. The name given to the statutes 25 and 34 Edw. I., restrict ing the power of the king to grant talliage. 2 Inst. 532; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 104. DE TEMPORE CUJUS CONTRARIUM MEMORIA HOMINUM NON EXISTIT. From time whereof the memory of man does not exist to the contrary. Litt § 170. DE TEMPORE IN TEMPUS ET AD OMNIA TEMPORA. From time to time, and at all times. Townsh. PI. 17. DE TEMPS DONT MEMORIE NE COURT. L. Fr. From time whereof mem ory runneth not; time out of memory of man. Litt. §5 143, 145, 170. DE TESTAMENTIS. Of testaments. The title of the fifth part of the Digests or Pandects; comprising the twenty-eighth to the thirty-sixth books, both inclusive. DE THEOLONIO. A writ which lay for a person who was prevented from taking toll. Reg. Orig. 103. DE TRANSGRESSIONE. A writ of trespass. Reg. Orig. 92. DE TRANSGRESSIONE, AD AU DIENDUM ET TERMINANDUM. A writ or commission for the hearing and determin ing any outrage or misdemeanor. DE UNA PARTE. A deed de una parte is one where only one party grants, gives, or binds himself to do a thing to another. It differs from a deed inter partes, (g. v.) 2 Bouv. Inst no. 2001. DE UXORE RAPTA ET ABDUCTA. A writ which lay where a man's wife had been ravished and carried away. A species of writ of trespass Reg. Orig. 97; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 89, O; 3 Bl. Comm. 139. DE VASTO. Writ of waste. A writ which might be brought by him who had the immediate estate of inheritance in rever sion or remainder, against the tenant for life, in dower, by curtesy, or for years, where the latter had committed waste in SUPERONERATIONE