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Languidus

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Languidus, in ill-health; a return made by a sheriff to a writ, when the removal of a person in his custody would endanger his life. See DUCES TECYM LICET LANGUIDUS.

Languidus, means 'sick' at common law, a return of process made by the sheriff when a defendant whom the sheriff had taken into custody was too sick to be removed, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 884.

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