Ad Terminum Qui Praeterit
Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A writ of entry which formerly lay for the lessor or his heirs, when a lease had been made of lands and tenements, for term of life or years, and, after the term had expired, the lands were withheld from the lessor by the tenant, or other person possessing the same. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 201. The remedy now applied for holding over is by ejectment, or under local regulations, by summary proceedings. AD TRISTEM PARTEM STRENUA EST suspiclo. Suspicion lies heavy on the unfortunate side.