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Contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissima in lege
Contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissima in lege. 2 Inst 11.-(A contemporaneous exposition is the best and most powerful in law.)-2 Inst. 211. A maxim applicable both to
Furtum
ROBBERY. Furtum est contrectatio rei alien' fradulenta, cum animo furandi, invito illo domino cujus res illa fuerat. 3 Inst. 107.--(Theft is the fradulent handling of another's property, with an intention of stealing, against the will of the
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Institutes of Lord Coke
Institutes of Lord Coke, four volumes by Lord Coke (more properly called Sir Edward Coke), published A.D. 1628, and
Optimus interpres rerum usus
Optimus interpres rerum usus [Lat.], the best interpreter of things is usage. --2 Inst. 282, (Custom is the best interpreter of things.) See Broom's Leg. Max. Similarly Optimus legum interpres consuetudo. 4
Prerogative of mercy
the King, but of the party injured, the prosecutor might release, but the King could not pardon: 3 Inst. 237. Appeals by wager of battel (see that title) were abolished in 1819 by 56 Geo. 3, c.
Sufferance, Tenancy at
permitted by the reversioner to hold over, is a quasi-tenant at sufferance. Lord Coke tells us (in 2 Inst. 134) this diversity is to be observed, that where a man cometh to a particular estate by the
Backberinde, Backverinde, or Backberend
in his possession, also called being taken with the mainour, as having the goods in his hand, 2 Inst. 188. It was one of the four circumstances wherein a forester might have arrested the body of a
Bigamus
Bigamus, a person guilty of the offence of bigamy, 4 Inst. 88.
Anrhaith
Anrhaith [anrhaith, lawless], spoil, Anc. Inst. Wales.
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