Riens per discent
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Nothing by descent. The plea of an heir, where he is sued for his ancestor's debt, and has no land from him by descent, or assets in his hands.
Cro. Car. 151; 1 Tidd, Pr. 645 ; 2 Tidd, Pr. 937.