DE QUARANTINA HABENDA. At
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
common law, a writ which a widow entitled to quarantine might sue out in case the heir or other persons ejected her. It seems to have been & summary process, and required the sheriff, if no just cause were shown against it, speedily to put her into possession. Aiken v. Aiken, 12 Or. 203, 6 Pac. 682.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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