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DE SCUTAGIO HABENDO
Writ for having (or to have) escuage or scutage. A writ which anciently lay against tenants by knight-service, to compel them to serve in the king's wars or send substitutes or to pay escuage ; that is a sum of money. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 83, C. The same writ lay More...

Writ for having (or to have) escuage or scutage. A writ which anciently lay against tenants by knight-service, to compel them to serve in the king's wars or send substitutes or to pay escuage ; that is a sum of money. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 83, C. The same writ lay for one who had already served in the king's army, or paid a fine instead, against those who held of him by knight-service, to recover his escuage or scutage. Reg. Orig. 88; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 83, D, F. Less...
DE SE BENE GERENDO
For behaving himself well; for his good behavior. Yelv. 90, 154.

For behaving himself well; for his good behavior. Yelv. 90, 154. Less...
DE SECTA AS MOLENDINUM
Of suit to a mill. A writ which lay to compel one to continue his custom (of grinding) at a mill. 3 Bl. Comm. 235; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 122, M. De slmllilras ad similia eadem rationprooedendnm est. From like things to like things we are to proceed by the same More...

Of suit to a mill. A writ which lay to compel one to continue his custom (of grinding) at a mill. 3 Bl. Comm. 235; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 122, M. De slmllilras ad similia eadem rationprooedendnm est. From like things to like things we are to proceed by the same rule or reason, [i. e.t we are allowed to argue from the analogy of cases.] Branch, Prlnc. Be oimilibns idem est jndieandnm. Of [respecting] like things, [in like cases,] the judgment is to be the same. 7 Coke, 18. Less...
DE SON TORT
L. Fr. Of his own wrong. A stranger who takes upon him to act as an executor without any just authority is called an "executor of his own wrong," (de son tort.) 2 Bl. Comm. 507 ; 2 Steph. Comm. 244.

L. Fr. Of his own wrong. A stranger who takes upon him to act as an executor without any just authority is called an "executor of his own wrong," (de son tort.) 2 Bl. Comm. 507 ; 2 Steph. Comm. 244. Less...
DE SON TORT DEMESNE
Of his own wrong. The law French equivalent of the Latin phrase de injuria, (q. v.)

Of his own wrong. The law French equivalent of the Latin phrase de injuria, (q. v.) Less...
DE STATUTO MERCATORIO
The writ of statute merchant. Reg. Orig. 146b.

The writ of statute merchant. Reg. Orig. 146b. Less...
DE STATUTO STAPULAE
The writ of statute staple. Reg. Orig. 151.

The writ of statute staple. Reg. Orig. 151. Less...
DE SUPERONERATIONE PASTURAE
Writ of surcharge of pasture. A judicial writ which lay for him who was impleaded in the county court, for surcharging a common with his cattle, in a case where he was formerly impleaded for it in the same court, and the cause was removed into one of the courts More...

Writ of surcharge of pasture. A judicial writ which lay for him who was impleaded in the county court, for surcharging a common with his cattle, in a case where he was formerly impleaded for it in the same court, and the cause was removed into one of the courts at Westminster. Reg. Jud. 36b Less...
DE TABULIS EXHIBENDIS
Of showing the tablets of a will. Dig. 43, 5.

Of showing the tablets of a will. Dig. 43, 5. Less...
DE TALLAGIO NON CONCEDENDO
Of not allowing talliage. The name given to the statutes 25 and 34 Edw. I., restricting the power of the king to grant talliage. 2 Inst 532; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 104..

Of not allowing talliage. The name given to the statutes 25 and 34 Edw. I., restricting the power of the king to grant talliage. 2 Inst 532; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 104.. Less...

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