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Breve Perquirere

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Breve perquirere, to purchase a writ or license of trial, in the king's courts, by the plaintiff, qui breve perquisivit; whence the usage of paying 6s. 8d. fine to the Crown where the debt is 40l., and of 10s. where the debt is 100l., etc, is suits and trials for money due upon bond, etc.

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