De Odio Et Atia
Legal definition for Indian law research
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
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