De Odio Et Atia - Definition - Law Dictionary

Definition :

De odio et atia, an obsolete writ which commanded the sheriff to inquire whether a prisoner charged with murder was committed on general cause of suspicion, or merely propter odium et atiam, for hatred and ill-will, with a view, if the latter were found to be the case, of afterwards issuing another writ to admit him to bail, 1 Reeves, 252