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Recto, Breve de, a writ of right, which was of so high a nature that, as other writs in real actions were only to recover the possession of the land etc., in question, this aimed to recover the seisin and the property, and thereby both the rights of possession and property were tried together.There were two species: (1) writ of right patent, so called because it was sent open, and was the highest writ lying for him who had a fee-simple in the lands or tenements sued for, against the tenant of the freehold atleast, and in no other case; this writ was likewise called breve magnum de recto; (2) writ of right close, which was brought where one held lands and tenements by charter in ancient demesne in fee-simple, fee-tail, or for term of life, or in dower, and was disseised, Co. Litt. 158 b; Jac. Law Dict. abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27. See ACTION (POSSESSORY)....
Breve de recto
Breve de recto, a writ of right or license for a person ejected out of an estate, to sue for the possession of it....
Right, Writ of
Right, Writ of [breve de recto, Lat.], a procedure for the recovery of real property after not more than sixty years' adverse possession; the highest writ in the law, sometimes called the writ of right proper. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27; last used in 1835 in Davies v. Lowndes, (1835) 1 Bing NC 597....
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