Exire
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
To go away, go out; to issue. Exit. It has gone forth; it has issued. TKe exit of a writ means simply the issuing ot that particular writ; and the word "exit," as a docket entry, indicates that thei^rrithas in fact been formally issued.
Ne exeat
That he do not depart. A writ in equity practice issued to prevent a ' Woolsey, Intern. Law, § 100; 13 Pick. 528. » See 3 Kent, 161. = L. ex-hibere, to hold out or forth. » See 3 Bl. Com. 450; Byles, Bills, 208; 2 Conn. 33. « Lake v. Skinner, 1 Jao. & W. 9, 15 (1819); Plunkettv.
Dillon, 4 Del. Ch. 222 (1871), cases.
See generally Commercial Bank r.
Bank of New York, 4 Hill, 519 (1842). « Dugan V. Trisler, 69 Ind. 555 (1880).
Commonwealth, 81 Va. 240 (1883). defendant from withdrawing his person.and property beyond the jurisdiction of the court before a judgment and execution can be had against him. In effect, a process to hold to bail, or to compel a party to give security to abide the decree. Not granted in the Federal courts unless a suit in equity is already commenced, and satisfactory proof is made that the defendant designs quickly to depart from the United States.^ The full form of the writ is ne exeat repuhl Ka; the original in England was ne exeat regno or regnum. The constitutions of the States declare that all persons have a natural right to emigrate from the State.'^