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  • DE RECTO DE ADVOCATIONE
    Writ of right of advowson. Reg. Orig. 29b. A writ which lay for one who had an estate In an advowson to him and his heirs in fee-simple, if he were disturbed to present Fitzh. Nat Brev. 80, B. Abolished by St 3 A 4 Wm. IV. c. 27.
  • DE RECTO DE RATIONABILI PARTE
    Writ of right, of reasonable part A writ which lay between privies in blood, as between brothers in gavelkind, or between sisters or other coparceners for lands in fee-simple, where one was deprived of his or her share by another. Reg. Orig. 3b; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 9, B. Abolished by More...
  • DE RECTO PATENS
    Writ of right patent Reg. Orig. 1.
  • DE REDISSEISINA
    Writ of redlsselsin. A writ which lay where a man recovered by assise of novel disseisin land, rent, or common, and the like, and was put in possession thereof by verdict, and afterwards was disseised of the same land, rent, or common, by him by whom he was disseised before. More...
  • DE REPARATIONE FACIENDA
    A writ by which one tenant in common seeks to compel another to aid in repairing the property held in' common. 8 Barn. & C. 269.
  • DE RESCUSSU
    Writ of rescue or rescous. A writ which lay where cattle distrained, or persons arrested, were rescued from those taking them. Reg. Orig. 117, 118; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 101, C, G.
  • DE RETORNO HABENDO
    For having a return; to have a return. A term applied to the judgment for the defendant in an action of replevin, awarding him a return of the goods replevied; and to the writ or execution Issued thereon. 2 Tidd, Pr. 1*93, 1038 ; 3 Bl. Comm. 149. Applied also More...
  • DE RIEN CULPABLE
    L. Fr. Guilty of nothing; not guilty.
  • DE SA VIE
    L. Fr. Of his or her life; of his own life; as distinguished from pur autre vie, for another's life. Litt. ff 35, 36.
  • DE SALVA GARDIA
    A writ of safeguard allowed to strangers seeking their rights in English courts, and apprehending violence or injury to their persons or property. Reg. Orig. 26.
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