Bill Of Middlesex
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Bill of middlesex, a fictitious mode of giving the Court of King's Bench jurisdiction in personal actions, by arresting a defendant for a supposed trespass. The 2 Wm. 4, c. 39, abolished this fiction, and after 1 & 2 Vict. c. 110, all personal actions in the Superior Courts of Law at Westminster were commenced by writ of summons.
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