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Petty-bag Office
that Court, and for process and proceedings by extents on statutes, recognizances, ad quod damnum scire facias to repel letters-patent, etc., Termes de la Ley. The term is derived from the little bag (parva baga) in which
Rex non potest peccare
Rex non potest peccare (2 Rol. Rep. 204), the king can do no wrong
Pipe
them levied and answered to the Crown upon their annual accounts, before the clerk of the pipe (First Rep. Of Select Com. on Pub. Rec., App. p. 161). The Pipe-office was abolished by 3 & 4 Wm.
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Possessio fratris de feodo simplici facit sororem esse h'redem
Possessio fratris de feodo simplici facit sororem esse h'redem. 3 Rep. 41, (the brother's possession of an estate in fee simple makes the sister to be heir.)
Post-natus
after the accession of James I., and therefore not an alien in England. See Calvin's Case, (1608) 7 Rep. 1; 2 State Tr., 559; Broom's Const. Law.
Poyning's Act
then made in England were declared of force in Ireland, which, before that time, they were not, 12 Rep. 109; 3 Hall, Const. Hist. c. xviii. p. 361.
Revocation
be either general, of all acts and things done before; or special, to revoke a particular thing, 5 Rep. 90. The word revocation' means annulling, rescinding, withdrawing. In the facts and circumstances of the case orders of
Sequestration
a return of non est inventus by the sergeant-at-arms, or by a sheriff on an attachment, 1 Eq. Rep. 261. See R.S.C. Ord. XLIII., r. 6. It is the mode of enforcing an order against a corporation
Salus populi est suprema lex
Salus populi est suprema lex. 11 Rep. 139.-(The safety of the people is the supreme law.) See Broom's Leg. Max. Thus a condition in a
Verba aquivoca ac in dubio sensu posita intelliguntur digniori et potentiori sensu
Verba aquivoca ac in dubio sensu posita intelliguntur digniori et potentiori sensu (6 Rep. 20), words equivocal, and placed in a doubtful sense, are to be taken in their more worthy and
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