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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Inold practice. Hearing; the hearing a deed read, which a party snedon a bond, ete., might pray or demand, and it was then read to him by the other party; the entry on the record being, “et ed legitur in hae verba,” (and itis read to him in these words.) Steph. Pi. 67, 68; 3 Bl. Comm. 299; 3 Salk. 11: In modern practice. <A copy of a bond or specialty sued upon, given to tue opposite party, in lieu of the old practice of reading it.