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Exigent, or exigi facias

or if he appear, then to take and have him before the Court on a day certain to answer to the plaintiff in an action of, etc. see OUTLAW.

Pone per vadium

Pone per vadium, an obsolete writ to the sheriff to summon the defendant to appear and answer the plaintiff's suit, on his putting in sureties to pro-secute: it was so called from the words of

Defensive allegation

relied upon as a defence by a defendant in the spiritual courts. He is entitled to the plaintiff's answer upon oath, and may thence proceed to proofs as well as his antagonist, 3 Steph. Com.

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the judgment of the Court, waits until by such judgment the Court decides whether he is bound to answer. 'The office of a demurrer is simply to state that the plaintiff has not made a sufficient case

Deposition

etc. (2) The act of giving public testimony, technically, the evidence put down in writing by way of answer to questions. It is an incontrovertible rule at Common Law, that when the witness himself can be produced,

Escape

take his prisoner again (though the plaintiff may retake him at any time), but the sheriff had to answer for the debt, and he had no remedy over against the person escaping; or, negligent, where a prisoner

Essoin, Essoigne, Assoign

of an essoin. See Spelman, voc., 'Essoniare' ], an excuse for him who is summoned to appear and answer to an action, or to perform suit to a Court-baron, etc., by reason of sickness or infirmity or

Fastermans, or fasting-men

menin repute and substance; pledges, sureties, or bondsmen, who, according to the Saxon policy, were fast bound to answer for each other's peaceable behaviour.

Judge

or done in his judicial capacity; but if a judge act without jurisdiction he may be made to answer for the consequences of his acts, Anderson v. Gorrie, (1895) 1 QB 671; Scott v. Stansfield, (1868) LR

Foreign Attachment

the defendant in any sum, he shall have garnishment against him to warn him to come in and answer whether he be indebted in the manner alleged; and if he comes and does not deny the debt,

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