Manus
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
The hand. Manu brevi With short hand; briefly; directly.
Manu forti
With strong hand. Technical words of pleading in cases of trespass and forcible entry, in the Latin forms of writs and declarations. The term implies greater force than is expressed by the words vi et armis.
State V. Ray, 10 Ired. L. 39.