Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In old English law, a writ of right for the recovery of lands by one claiming according to the form of a gift or grant thereof.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (O. Eng. Law) A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law, historical, UK A
writ ofright for atenant in tail in case of adiscontinuance of theestate tail.
Etymologies
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Old French, from Latin. So called because the plaintiff claimed "by the form of the gift": Latin per formam doni.
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The like duare executionem ncn on a judgment in formedon, r moved by writ of error from the common pleas into the king's bench, 658
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