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Inquiry, writ of

'because it is unknown what damages the plaintiff has sustained,' commanding the sheriff that, by the oath of twelve men of

Instance, the words 'instance' as a verb means 'tourge, entreat urgently, importune.' The mean-ing of the phrase 'at the instance...

elements of the Roman Law, and were composed at the command of the Emperor Justinian, by Trebonian, Dorotheus, and The ophilus,

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judge advocate-general; or by a person appointed by general officers commanding the forces abroad, to execute the office of judge advocate.

Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court. Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term...

to be levied), a writ of execution at Common Law, commanding the sheriff to levy or make of the lands and

respectuando (respecting of homage), a writ to the escheat or commanding him to deliver seisin of lands to the heir of

et cntraria prohibet [Lat.], Law is the highest reason which commands those things which are useful and necessary, and forbids what

honesta, et prohibens contraria [Lat.], Law is a sacred sanction, commanding what is proper and forbidding what is not

Libertatibus exigendis itinere, an ancient writ whereby the king commanded the justices in eyre to admit of an attorney for

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