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Hob

Categories: Contracts

Definition (1910 Edition)

224.

155.

344. The reason of contrary things is contrary.

344. By too much altercation truth is lust.

96. The practice of the judges is the interpreter of the laws.

99. Let the ravisher answer, for he cannot be ignorant that he has taken away another’s ward.

212; 2 Id. Raym. 14538.—Super prserogativa regis. <A writ which formerly lay against the king’s tenant’s widow for marrying without the royal license. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 174.—Super statuto. A writ, upon the state ute 1 Edw. III. c. 12, that lay against the king’s tenant holding in chief, who aliened the king’s land without his a aeat Plagha ed statuto de artioulis cleri. A writ which lay against a sheriff or other officer who distrained in the king’s highway, or on lands anciently belonging to the church.—Super statuto facto pour seneschal et marshal de roy, etc. writ: which lay against a steward or marshal for holding plea in his court, or for t ss or contracts not made or arising within the king’s household. Wharton.—Super statuto versus servantes et laboratores. A writ which lay against him who kept any servants who had left the service of another

21. A warrantor may object that the complainant does not hold the land of which he seeks the warranty, and that the gift was insufficient.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.