MONITION
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
ed upon and liquidated by a jury, called “damages.” Roberts v. Nodwift, 8 Ind. 341; Mills v. Long, 58 Ala. 460.—Money had and received. In pleading. The technical designation of a form of declaration in assumpsit, wherein the plaintiff declares that the defendant had and received certain money, etc.—Money land. A phrase descriptive of money which is held upon a trust to convert it into land.—BMioney lent. In pleading. The technical name of a declaration in an action of assumpatt for that the defendant promised to pay the plaintiff ‘for money lent.—Mooney made. The return made by a sheriff to a writ of execution, signifying that he has collected the sum of money require
which is either a simple monition i personam or an attachment and monition in rem. Ben. Adm. 228, 239. It is sometimes termed ‘“monition vits et modis,” and has been supposed to be derived from the old Roman practice of summoning a defendant.
which is either a simple monition i personam or an attachment and monition in rem. Ben. Adm. 228, 239. It is sometimes termed ‘“monition vits et modis,” and has been supposed to be derived from the old Roman practice of summoning a defendant.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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