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Respite, to postpone--thus, to enter and respite an appeal is to enter the same, and postpone the hearing to a future day. Consult Pritch. on Q. Sess.Also, interval, reprieve, suspension of a capital sentence, a delay, forbearance, or continuation of time.There are respite of execution, of debt, of homage, and of a jury....
respite
respite in the civil law of Louisiana : a judicially approved or enforced agreement that provides a debtor with time or a delay for the payment of creditors ...
Respite
A putting off of that which was appointed a postponement or delay...
Respiteless
Without respite...
Sabbathless
Without Sabbath or intermission of labor hence without respite or rest...
Contramandatio placiti
Contramandatio placiti, a respiting or giving a defendant further time to answer, or a countermand of what was formerly ordered, Leg. Hen. 1, c. 59....
Copyhold
Copyhold. Tenure in copyhold has been abolished under the (English) L.P. Acts, 1922 and 1925, and the Amending Acts of 1924 and 1926, but the greater part of the former title on this subject has been retained verbatim in view of the importance of the subject in examining titles. In the previous edition of this work, copyhold was described as a base tenure founded upon immemorial custom and usage; its origin is undiscoverable, but it is said to be the ancient villeinage modified and changed by the commutation of base services into specified rents, either in money or money's worth.A copyhold estate is a parcel of the demesnes of a manor held at the lord's will, and according to the custom of such manor. The tenant may have the same quantities of interest in this tenure as he may enjoy in freeholds, as an estate in fee-simple or (by particular custom) fee-tail, or for life, and he may have only a chattel interest of an estate for years in it. By the custom of some manors, the estate devol...
Dies datus
Dies datus, the day of respite given to a defendant; another term for dies amoris...
Induciare
Induciare, to prorogue, postpone, respite....
Loquela sine die
Loquela sine die, a respite to an indefinite time....
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