Extremum - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: extremumDiem clausit extremum
Diem clausit extremum, a writ issued in the event of the death of a tenant in capite. By this writ the escheator of the county was commanded to inquire by a jury of what lands the tenant died seised, and of what value, and who was the next heir to him. It was one of the five writs issued by the Crown for taking inquisitions post mortem. See Hubback on Succn., ch. vii, P. 584....
Voluntas testatoris est ambulatoria usque ad extremum vite exitum
Voluntas testatoris est ambulatoria usque ad extremum vite exitum (4 Rep. 61), the Will of a testator's ambulatory [changeable] until death....
Extent
Extent, the peculiar remedy to recover debts of record due to the Crown; it differs from an ordinary writ of execution at the suit of a subject, because under it the body, lands, and goods of the debtor may all be taken at once, in order to compel the payment of the debt. It is not usual, however, to seize the body.There are two kinds of Extent--in chief and in aid. (1) Extent in chief. It issues from the Exchequer, and may bear teste and be made returnable on any day certain in term of vacation (5 & 6 Vict. c. 86, s. 8). It directs the sheriff to take an inquisition or inquest of office, on the oaths of lawful men, to ascertain the lands, etc., of the debtor, and seize the same into the King's hands. The writ should be preceded by a cire facias in order to bring the debtor into Court, and afford him an opportunity to show cause against it; but where the debt is in danger of being lost, the extent will be issued without a scire facias upon an affidavit of circumstances; and after the s...
extremum
the point located farthest from the middle of something...
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