DUNNAGE
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
which lay for a man who had aliened lands under duress by imprisonment, to restore to him his proper estates. 2 Inst. 482. Abolished by St. 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c 27.—Duam fuit ra setatem. (While he was within age.) In old English practice. A writ of entry which formerly lay for an infant after he had attained his full age, to recover lands which he had aliened in fee, in tail, or for life, during his infancy; and, after his death, his heir had the same remeay. Reg. Orig. 228); Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 192, ; Litt. § ; Co. Litt. 2476.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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