DE BONIS NON AMOVENDIS. Writ
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
for not removing goods. A writ anciently directed to the sheriffs of London, commanding them, in cases where a writ of error was brought by a defendant against. whom 4a. judgment was recovered, to see that his goods and chattels were safely kept without being removed, while the error remained undetermined, so that execution might be had of them, etc. Reg. Orig. 1313; ‘Termes dé la Ley.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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