Secta
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
Suit. This word, in its secondary meaning (see Suit) means suit in the courts; lawsuit. Thus ad sectam, which is often seen in the abbreviated form, ads., means at the suit of.
Seota ad curiam
A writ that lay against him who refused to perform his suit, either to the coimty court or court baron. Cowel. Secta curiae. Suit of court; that is to say, the attendance at the lord's court, to which the tenant was bound in time of peace.
See 2 Bl. Com. 54; 1 Steph. Com. 180.
Seota ad molendmum
A writ which lay for the owner of a mill against the inhabitants of a place where such mill is situated, for not doing suit to the plaintiff's mill; that is, for not having their corn ground at it. Brown. Seota regalis. A suit so called by which all persons were bound twice in a year to attend in the sheriff's tourn, in order that they might be informed in things relating to the public peace. It was so called because the sheriff's tourn was the king's leet, and it was held in order that the people might be bound by oath to bear true allegiance to the king.
Cornel.
Sectis non faciendis. A writ which lay for a dowress, or one in wardship, to be free from suit of court.
Cowel.